Fuckers at work in AZ! Who approved a $300K taxpayer-funded salary?

[lonestarnot]

By Peter Busch

PHOENIX (KPHO) - Don Cardon is the CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority, a new joint public-private entity created to replace the old state Department of Commerce.

You pay his salary, but a board of directors names the price.

Now, some lawmakers say they overspent by giving Cardon a $300,000 base salary, $50,000 signing bonus, and $12,000 annual car allowance, all paid by the public


http://www.kpho.com/story/15372920/who-approved-a-300k-taxpayer-funded-salary

[msongs]

1. 50K a year and no retirement or health care should covder it nt

[MBS]

2. Wow.

And you just know that the same Republicans who pushed for that salary (you need a "good" CEO, have to compete with private industry to recruit someone, all the usual . .) and the SAME ones who rail against taxes, "out of control" government spending, etc etc.

[Kat45]

3. Isn't that the state where they won't pay for organ transplants?

[DesertFlower]

4. yep. nt

[MBS]

5. but also pay the ASU football coach $500K.

(or that's what it was the last time I checked. .it's probably higher now).

Interesting priorities.

[KT2000]

6. And staff wages

likely went down and their benefits decreased.
This is the story of privatization.

[lonestarnot]

7. Their wages were donated to the fence fund.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Ah yes privatization at it's best!

[lonestarnot]

9. EGGZACTLY.

[Bandit]

10. How much does their Governor make I wonder..

Strange an underling would make a lot more than the head honcho....

[WDIM]

11. The are stealing from you!

If I lived in AZ I'd be pissed!
But this goes on everywhere!

[LadyInAZ]

12. Rich get richer...

shakes head... and here we have high unemployment rate across the country... where are our priorities?

[Beaverhausen]

13. I'm guessing that's more than the governor makes

WTF???