Jennifer Muir over at the OC Register’s OC Watchdog blog brings us the hardship story (snark) of the OC Water District General Manager finally getting a raise. Well, at least it was a hardship for him. While his 145 employees had to skip a wage increase, he gets a 10% raise and a $15,000...
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Tags: Bonus, Management Greed, Management Perks, Michael Markus, OC Watchdog, Orange County Water District, Raise
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The Orange County Register’s Jennifer Muir reported yesterday (Managers will get pay raises — eventually) that the Orange County Manager’s Association and County negotiators (also managers) agreed to formalize their agreement to postpone their scheduled pay increases, but not give them up all together. Looks like Tom Mauk was only blustering when he was touting for...
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Tags: CEO, COunty of Orange, Management Perks, Management Raises, OCMA, Orange County Managers Association, Supervisor Janet Nguyen, Tom Mauk
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Today, Sheriff Sandra Hutchens will announce her planned cuts in staffing to address the $28 million budget cut the department must absorb this year. The Orange County Register’s Jennifer Muir reports some details this morning:
Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens plans to lay off two assistant sheriffs and six captains to help rein in department expenses, according...
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Tags: COunty of Orange, Furloughs, heartless, Lay-offs, Layoffs, Management Perks, MOU, OC Public Works, OCEA, Orange County Employees Association, Orange County Sheriff's Department, Seniority
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At the close of their budget hearing the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted to cut the overall county budget by around 18% and to cut their own pay, and that of executive managers, by a LARGELY SYMBOLIC 5%.
Total Buzz has a story up now and we will comment later tonight or tomorrow, but...
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Tags: Chop at the Top, County Budget Cuts, executive pay, Management Perks, Orange County Board of Supervisors
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We’ve been following the perks that OC Supervisors get at taxpayer expense for a while now. One of those perks we haven’t covered in much detail is the practice of handing out cushy management jobs to their former staff members. The ability to appoint their friends to high paid management level county jobs in their district offices isn’t...
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Tags: Board of Supervisor Perks, COunty of Orange, Eric Norby, Management Perks, Mario Mainero, Moorlach, Orange County Health Care Agency, Rick Francis, Supervisor Chris Norby
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From Norberto Santana over at Total Buzz.
Scores of senior citizens were out in force this morning in front of the Hall of Adminstration in Santa Ana protesting recent cuts to the county Social Services Agency and the unwillingness of board supervisors to trim their perks.
Nearly 50 seniors came out to the protest, organized by...
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Tags: Board of Supervisors, Budget Cuts, Chop at the Top, Democratic Party of Orange County, Layoffs, Management Perks, OCEA, Orange County Layoffs, Seniors, Social Services, SSA
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I was touched Monday morning when I read about Tom Mauk’s concern for the preservation of the paint job on his 2005 Escalade. It’s heart warming to learn that he actually cares about something.
So I got to thinking, maybe there is a way that OCEA could help bridge the gap of understanding between Mauk and...
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Tags: Car Allowance, Management Perks, Nick Berardino, OCEA, Orange County CEO, Parking Hog, Tom Mauk
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