Comments on: Millions shower top execs of OC’s dozen water districts http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/14/a-half-million-dollars-buys-two-managers/3974/ Your tax dollars at work. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Oh my! http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/14/a-half-million-dollars-buys-two-managers/3974/#comment-6418 Oh my! Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:35:52 +0000 http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/?p=3974#comment-6418 Are they hiring? I'll accept half that pay! Are they hiring?
I’ll accept half that pay!

]]> By: Ladera Rancher http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/14/a-half-million-dollars-buys-two-managers/3974/#comment-5820 Ladera Rancher Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:53:01 +0000 http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/?p=3974#comment-5820 Teri, Paul Jones may not be the highest paid GM. I heard that John Schatz of Santa Margarita Water District also moonlights as legal counsel for another water district in the Temecula area. Not that being a GM for the second largest water district in Orange County is a full time job. Ladera Rancher Teri,

Paul Jones may not be the highest paid GM. I heard that John Schatz of Santa Margarita Water District also moonlights as legal counsel for another water district in the Temecula area. Not that being a GM for the second largest water district in Orange County is a full time job.

Ladera Rancher

]]> By: emeryannharris http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/14/a-half-million-dollars-buys-two-managers/3974/#comment-5818 emeryannharris Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:45:48 +0000 http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/?p=3974#comment-5818 ocobserver Your USE of exclamation POINTS! and CAPITAL letters! Certainly make your POINTS more valid than that of Thatchmo! Seriously though, if any experienced executive is willing to run the Irvine Water District, with all the health and safety concerns of water/waste-water treatment and handling, state and federal regulations, local and regional politics, hundreds of employees and thousands of customers, for the wages of a 7-11 clerk, then I'm sure the IWD board is more than interested to read your CV and cover letter. No, really, go ahead. ocobserver

Your USE of exclamation POINTS! and CAPITAL letters! Certainly make your POINTS more valid than that of Thatchmo!

Seriously though, if any experienced executive is willing to run the Irvine Water District, with all the health and safety concerns of water/waste-water treatment and handling, state and federal regulations, local and regional politics, hundreds of employees and thousands of customers, for the wages of a 7-11 clerk, then I’m sure the IWD board is more than interested to read your CV and cover letter.

No, really, go ahead.

]]> By: WaterWorker http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/14/a-half-million-dollars-buys-two-managers/3974/#comment-5776 WaterWorker Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:14:17 +0000 http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/?p=3974#comment-5776 Every water district also has a Board of Directors who get paid to attend regular meetings once or twice a month. Some districts have other high paid executive staff, such as: Assistant General Manager, District Engineer, Human Resources, etc. In addition to the cost of having a high paid executive staff and board members, there are many other costs of having individual water districts. Every water district also has a Board of Directors who get paid to attend regular meetings once or twice a month. Some districts have other high paid executive staff, such as: Assistant General Manager, District Engineer, Human Resources, etc.
In addition to the cost of having a high paid executive staff and board members, there are many other costs of having individual water districts.

]]> By: Ipolitico http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/14/a-half-million-dollars-buys-two-managers/3974/#comment-5762 Ipolitico Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:36:05 +0000 http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/?p=3974#comment-5762 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. 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: Tom M http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/14/a-half-million-dollars-buys-two-managers/3974/#comment-5756 Tom M Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:22:57 +0000 http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/?p=3974#comment-5756 If we are willing to have a few sewer spills a year we could save a few bucks a month. I don't live by the beach so who cares about a few turds on PCH and at the beach. I ain't paying for the rich people with beach front houses. If we are willing to have a few sewer spills a year we could save a few bucks a month. I don’t live by the beach so who cares about a few turds on PCH and at the beach. I ain’t paying for the rich people with beach front houses.

]]> By: ocobserver http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/14/a-half-million-dollars-buys-two-managers/3974/#comment-5754 ocobserver Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:35:43 +0000 http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/?p=3974#comment-5754 Thatchmo, Some goof who manages the water flow in a small geographic area certainly doesn't deserve over $300k a year no matter how you cut it. He doesn't make the water for gawd sakes! He only makes sure it comes out of your pipes when you turn the faucet on! How complicated could that be? The system has been in operation for a century! All he has to do is maintain it! All of 'em are overpaid bureaucrats who probably don't have the smart to operate a cash register in a 7-eleven! We know how they get their jobs! THROUGH NEPOTISM AND CONNECTIONS! Thatchmo,

Some goof who manages the water flow in a small geographic area certainly doesn’t deserve over $300k a year no matter how you cut it. He doesn’t make the water for gawd sakes! He only makes sure it comes out of your pipes when you turn the faucet on! How complicated could that be? The system has been in operation for a century! All he has to do is maintain it! All of ‘em are overpaid bureaucrats who probably don’t have the smart to operate a cash register in a 7-eleven! We know how they get their jobs! THROUGH NEPOTISM AND CONNECTIONS!

]]> By: Thatchmo http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/14/a-half-million-dollars-buys-two-managers/3974/#comment-5750 Thatchmo Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:13:33 +0000 http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/?p=3974#comment-5750 ocobserver- If you want to compare someone who sells slurpies and frozen burritos with persons who manage multi-million and sometimes billion dollar operations with hundreds of employees, go ahead. I think most of them deserve their compensation just as any head of a large business or government agency would. As for making more than the US VP, most business executives, pro-athletes, entertainers, tv and movie personalities make more than that postion as well. I don't think any US VP was worrying about how much they were going to be paid when they took office and probably would do it for much less if it was required. Most of them were already millionaires when they took office, or in the most recent example, became multi, multi-millionaires after they left office. ocobserver-
If you want to compare someone who sells slurpies and frozen burritos with persons who manage multi-million and sometimes billion dollar operations with hundreds of employees, go ahead. I think most of them deserve their compensation just as any head of a large business or government agency would. As for making more than the US VP, most business executives, pro-athletes, entertainers, tv and movie personalities make more than that postion as well. I don’t think any US VP was worrying about how much they were going to be paid when they took office and probably would do it for much less if it was required. Most of them were already millionaires when they took office, or in the most recent example, became multi, multi-millionaires after they left office.

]]> By: ocobserver http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/14/a-half-million-dollars-buys-two-managers/3974/#comment-5748 ocobserver Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:42:00 +0000 http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/?p=3974#comment-5748 Thatchmo, I never have problems with the clerks at 7-eleven either. Most are very competent and have me in and out of the store in the matter of minutes. Ask them where an item is located and they point right to it. If I need to cash in a lotto ticket I get my money without delay. And most are polite and very friendly. But do I think they deserve more than $10 an hour. Not really. Do I think a water district manager of Irvine deserves to make OVER $100,000 MORE than the Vice-President of the United States. Absolutely not. It's a joke! Thatchmo,

I never have problems with the clerks at 7-eleven either. Most are very competent and have me in and out of the store in the matter of minutes. Ask them where an item is located and they point right to it. If I need to cash in a lotto ticket I get my money without delay. And most are polite and very friendly. But do I think they deserve more than $10 an hour. Not really. Do I think a water district manager of Irvine deserves to make OVER $100,000 MORE than the Vice-President of the United States. Absolutely not. It’s a joke!

]]> By: Thatchmo http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/01/14/a-half-million-dollars-buys-two-managers/3974/#comment-5742 Thatchmo Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:59:08 +0000 http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/?p=3974#comment-5742 What's the point of this article? If a water district is serving its customers with clean water at low water rates then I think the person in charge is worth his/her weight in gold. Do we really need a single water district like the monopolies of the gas and electtic companies? I haven't had any problems with my water bill, but I've had plenty with SCE and So. Cal Gas. Their bureaucries are horrendous and almost as bad as the government. Why don't you go after them? What’s the point of this article? If a water district is serving its customers with clean water at low water rates then I think the person in charge is worth his/her weight in gold. Do we really need a single water district like the monopolies of the gas and electtic companies? I haven’t had any problems with my water bill, but I’ve had plenty with SCE and So. Cal Gas. Their bureaucries are horrendous and almost as bad as the government. Why don’t you go after them?

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