Byron Williams: University of California Regents demonstrate tone deafness with raises
Sometimes public officials do things that make you ask, are they really that tone deaf or do they simply not care what it looks like? This was the scenario when it was recently reported that on the same day the UC Board of Regents decided that its 180,000 employees must take unpaid days off as it finds ways to cut $813 million from its budget, the board also approved increases in pay and benefits for 28 executive positions… To put this absurdity into perspective, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton earns $186,000 as the nation’s top diplomat. Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke earns $191,000 to set economic policy to help guide the nation out of its current recession…
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by Byron Williams, The Oakland Tribune.