The Modesto Bee aptly noted that the California State University system will cut 10,000 student admissions next fall while giving raises of up to 19 percent to some vice presidents and hiring 11 new vice presidents with salaries up to $225,000.
There is a disconnect when all 23 campuses are directed to cut their budgets 7 [...]
Archive for November, 2008
What is wrong with education?—GREED
Posted Monday, November 24th, 2008 at 12:04 am
by Ken Mettler in Opinions
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Bylaw Revision 12-9-08
Posted Friday, November 21st, 2008 at 3:03 pm
by admin in Announcement
CURRENT
SECTION 4. Public Service. No officer of the Assembly shall hold any partisan or non-partisan, salaried, elective public office.
This provision shall not prohibit any officer from serving on any public commission or board, nor other office or position of authority within the Republican Party, for which no regular salary is received Should any officer of [...]
Redevelopment made painfully simple
Posted Friday, November 7th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
by Ken Mettler in Opinions
The Kern County Board of Supervisors recently discussed spending $908,000 of the taxpayers’ money on out-of-town attorneys and consultants to initiate another layer of unaccountable government called the Oildale Redevelopment Agency.
Why not use the money to just hire local community activists as Community Improvement Liaisons (CIL) within a designated target area? The CIL would act [...]
