"Corruptus in Extremis"
$550,625 in pay for a city manager. Post the job
for $195,000 and watch 5,000 people apply.
There are two possible reasons to overpay a key government worker:
- The city council is made up of fucking idiots. or
- It is hush money (like the corrupt, overpaid city of Bell employees) to make sure the city manager does not make waves and allows the powers that be a free hand with the city treasury.
Santa Ana has hired away Phoenix's city manager and has agreed to an annual salary and benefits package of more than half a million dollars, instantly making him one of the highest paid city employees in California.
David Cavazos, a longtime Phoenix employee who rose through the ranks from intern to city manager during his 26-year tenure, would have a total compensation package of $558,625 in his first year in Santa Ana.
Only the city manager in tiny Indian Wells is listed as having a higher salary and benefits package at $677,172, according to the state controller's office, which most recently released data for 2011. That paycheck included a severance payout to the city manager, who was stepping down reports the Los Angeles Times.
Here is what stinks. In Santa Ana (population 330,000), Cavazos will earn $558,625. As the chief executive in Phoenix, which has a population of 1.47 million, his base salary was $317,000. Vastly more money for a much, much smaller city.
With benefits, the city expects to pay Cavazos $558,625 in the first year of his contract, with the figure dropping to $515,000 in his second and third year, according to a report prepared for the City Council.
Among the benefits Cavazos will receive are $36,000 for housing in the first year and $24,000 per year after that. In addition, he will receive $7,500 in moving expenses, several sick and vacation days, and insurance benefits.
Phoenix officials gave Cavazos a $78,000 pay raise late last year, boosting his base salary to $315,000. The raise sparked controversy there.
Bullshit Alert - "I'm not leaving for the money. I'm not going there for the money. Just like I came here for an opportunity, I'm going to Santa Ana for an opportunity."
I can smell that line of shit right through my computer.
Only the city manager in tiny Indian Wells is listed as having a higher salary and benefits package at $677,172, according to the state controller's office, which most recently released data for 2011. That paycheck included a severance payout to the city manager, who was stepping down reports the Los Angeles Times.
Here is what stinks. In Santa Ana (population 330,000), Cavazos will earn $558,625. As the chief executive in Phoenix, which has a population of 1.47 million, his base salary was $317,000. Vastly more money for a much, much smaller city.
With benefits, the city expects to pay Cavazos $558,625 in the first year of his contract, with the figure dropping to $515,000 in his second and third year, according to a report prepared for the City Council.
Among the benefits Cavazos will receive are $36,000 for housing in the first year and $24,000 per year after that. In addition, he will receive $7,500 in moving expenses, several sick and vacation days, and insurance benefits.
Phoenix officials gave Cavazos a $78,000 pay raise late last year, boosting his base salary to $315,000. The raise sparked controversy there.
Bullshit Alert - "I'm not leaving for the money. I'm not going there for the money. Just like I came here for an opportunity, I'm going to Santa Ana for an opportunity."
I can smell that line of shit right through my computer.
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| Overpaid Hack David Cavazos will receive a total compensation package of $558,625 in his first year in Santa Ana compared to $317,000 for the larger city of Phoenix where he worked for 26 years. |
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