Comments on: County’s head honcho makes $370,000; is he a bargain?

By: CEOSTHATNEEDTOGO

CEOSTHATNEEDTOGO — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:38:05 +0000

He will do anything to keep the big bucks flowing his way…I really liked the way he used OC as a bargaining chip a few years ago by saying he was leaving to go to LA County…just to get himself another raise…he was never going to leave, just wanted everyone to think he was. The media bought that one hook, line and sinker. JERK!

Missed any meals lately, Tom? He probably has dessert first, followed by another helping at the public trough…DON’T CHOKE!
I WON’T SAVE YOU!

By: Mirror

Mirror — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:41:44 +0000

You should be ashamed of yourself. How can you sleep at night Mauck. Of course, your response will be that you deserve ever penny of it.

I can just imagaine what your pension looks like. This guy is probably laughing and taking his 50 inch waist all the way to the bank.

I have contacted local members of congress and other groups to start a petition so that no County employee will get paid over 100k. This is just foolishness.

By: mandamom

mandamom — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:05:08 +0000

pelona, I have to work under the man, and I know just how you feel. He is absolute scum, universally despised by employees.

Evil has a face, and a name, and makes $370,000 a year.

By: pelona

pelona — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:28:10 +0000

I JUST THREW UP IN MY MOUTH

By: oc worker

oc worker — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:25:13 +0000

Tom Mauk and John “Moron” Moorlach are jokes. They are out for personal gain and do not care about their own employees that make them look good. Working with the public and handling the complaints is a lot of stress and if the public likes to complain, they should think of how it feels to do that job. Mauk and Moorlach don’t have a clue what it is like, so with them complaining about “threats” and upping their security, they aren’t used to it as many of those that take the calls have to deal with. So most of the county employees deserve the amount they get paid to do. If you compare salaries to private, it’s nearly the same. However, the BoS think they are handling a private entity and they forget that they are working to serve the public. They need to get a clue. Cutting county workers is not doing the community justice. They just want to keep their own pockets full. But they are just full of B/S.

By: golden boy

golden boy — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:26:15 +0000

I am a retired federal employee. No federal employee can make more than the president of the USA.

Why are there so many county jobs that pay more than the governor?

No county or state employee should make more than the governor’s salary of $212,179 a year.

By: Civil Servant

Civil Servant — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:22:32 +0000

Orange CEO is over paid as are many of the county managers. The have maintained theri jobs on the backs of the hard working county employees and now they are being laid-off as the managers get a raise. Fire all the managers and promote the hard worker that will not forget where they came from and who truely provides the service to the community.

By: Ipolitico

Ipolitico — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:33:56 +0000

We need to urgently pass a county-wide measure that controls the pay and perks for all the higher ups working in the County of Orange Government, from the CEO thru the BOS and down to the Adminstrative mangers.

If they don’t think they get paid too much, unlike what the taxpayers believe we need to immediate start a signature drive that controls their compensation and rids them of perks.

There is a special election in early 2009 so lets do it.

I would say given the current economic conditions and all these stories in the OC REgister regarding the pay and perks of these so called public servants, the OC voters would wait in a hour line just to sign a petition to put this measure to the voters.

Let’s do it … All these Water district execs, county execs, BOS need to cut it out the fat and since they are not willing to cut their pay and their fellow cronies, we need to do it.

If they don’t like it, too bad. They all can try their hand in the private sector or file for unemployment.

By: gimmeabreak

gimmeabreak — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:24:51 +0000

Les, I agree. But the reality is that we do not provide services to illegals aside from nursing home care, pregnancy/family planning and life threatening medical emergency.

However, because they drop their babies on this side of the border, we pay out BILLIONS in medical, foodstamps and welfare for their kids, because they are CITIZENS.

You want to balance the budget? Change immigration law. Make it so any child born of illegals cannot become a citizen till they are 18, and only if they have a clean criminal record, graduate from school and serve two years in some kind of public works like military.

I guarantee you, the flow of illegals to this state will dry up.

By: gimmeabreak

gimmeabreak — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:17:37 +0000

realtaxpayer? Are you JOKING? Tom Mauk failed at his job. This is why we are in this mess. What are you, his mommy?

If Mauk did his job right, and wasn’t corrupt, he could balance this fiscal budget in a heartbeat with one simple solution. But he isn’t, so he can’t.

Fire Mauk, recall the board. NOW!