Despite overwhelming bipartisan support in the Legislature, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Los Angeles) vetoed legislation that would have prohibited executive pay raises during bad budget years at the University of California and the California State University… "There is absolutely no justification for these bloated salaries," said Yee. "Unfortunately for students and California taxpayers, the Governor is not nearly as concerned about stopping the excessive student fee hikes as he is with protecting the exorbitant salaries of university executives. Unlike Governor Schwarzenegger, I believe it is the students, faculty and workers that make our universities special, not ‘high level personnel.’"

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by Staff, The California Chronicle.

Posted: October 13th, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.