California State University Trustees and California Lawmakers sh*t on students.

The following news articles were published this week:

[1]

"(California State University) trustees OK pay hikes for East Bay, Fullerton presidents"

By Christina Hoag, Associated Press

San Jose Mercury News

Posted: 03/21/2012 08:39:51 AM PDT

Updated: 03/21/2012 11:15:34 AM PDT

Link: http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_20222294/cal-state-trustees-ok-pay-hikes-east-bay


[2]

"(California State University) trustees hear grim budget news, seek other solutions"

By Carla Rivera

Los Angeles Times

March 20, 2012

Link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/cal-state-trustees-hear-grim-budget-news-seek-other-solutions.html


[3]

"(California) Lawmakers reject bill to curb pay hikes at California public universities"

By Dan Walters

The Sacramento Bee

March 21, 2012

Link: http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/03/bill-to-curb-california-state-university-pay-hikes-rejected.html#storylink=scinlineshare


[4]

"(California State University) to close door on spring 2013 enrollment"

By Nanette Asimov

San Francisco Chronicle

March 20, 2012

Link: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/20/MNPL1NN1KR.DTL

"How government pays unions officials' salaries"
By Daniel DiSalvo
Public Sector Inc.
March 16, 2012
Link: http://www.publicsectorinc.com/forum/2012/03/how-government-pays-unions-officials-salaries.html

"(UC Berkeley) official demoted, improperly gave pay raises"

By Nanette Asimov
San Francisco Chronicle
March 13, 2012
Link: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/13/BAKM1NJMJT.DTL&tsp=1

"Stockton on verge of declaring bankruptcy"
By Wyatt Buchanan
San Francisco Chronicle
March 4, 2012
Link: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/04/MNPQ1NFBCS.DTL

"Ex-Asst. Sheriff Jaramillo can get back pay"

"The California Supreme Court on Wednesday let stand a ruling that the former second in command to then-Sheriff Michael Carona can collect $362,000."

By Vik Jolly
The Orange County Register
February 23, 2012
Link: http://www.ocregister.com/news/court-341614-county-jaramillo.html


Excerpt (see news article cited directly above):

• "This result is not a just result; it may be a legal result," (Supervisor Shawn Nelson) said. "We're not going to give money away to convicted felons because of legal technicalities. We may need to investigate how we avoid getting sucker punched by Jaramillo again."

Commentary:

• Yet again, the Dirty Pig wins and the Taxpayer loses.

"Disability pensions allow some firefighters to collect while working elsewhere"

By Jeremy Kohler and David Hunn
STLtoday.com
February 19, 2012
Link: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/disability-pensions-allow-some-firefighters-to-collect-while-working-elsewhere/article_6b69107e-cf70-5d39-bfc0-2c8e6a10df04.html

CalWatchDog.com Exclusive:
"Cal State Lies about Executive Pay"
By John Hrabe 
CalWatchDog.com
March 2, 2012
Link: http://www.calwatchdog.com/2012/03/02/calwatchdog-com-exclusive-cal-state-lies-about-executive-pay/

"Top City of San Diego Pensioner Pulls Down $307,000 (per year)"
By Jen Lebron Kuhney
The San Diego Union-Tribune
February 15, 2012
Link: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/feb/15/top-city-pensioner-paid-307000/


Top City of San Diego Pensions 2011 (see news article cited directly above)

1. Assistant city attorney $307,758
2. Investment officer $255,509
3. Fire battalion chief $244,435
4. Assistant police chief $242,947
5. City librarian $234,091
6. Fire chief $229,753
7. Fire battalion chief $228,392
8. Deputy city attorney $224,863
9. Fire battalion chief $217,649
10. Assistant Water Department Director $214,007

"Commit a crime, collect a pension"

"Public employees — including teachers — receive retirement benefits even if they are felons."

By George Skelton

Capitol Journal

Los Angeles Times

February 12, 2012

Link: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-pensions-20120213,0,2131610.column?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Flocal+%28L.A.+Times+-+California+%7C+Local+News%29

"Firefighter who embezzled thousands of dollars in federal grant money sentenced to five years of probation"

By Jim Mustian
Macon.com
January 20, 2012
Link: http://www.macon.com/2012/01/20/1870281/firefighter-sentence-firefighter.html

FLASHBACK: NEVER FORGET


"The Curious Case of Peter Nowicki"
By Dave Horne
Who Stole My Career? (Blog)
May 18, 2011
Link: http://whostolemycareer.com/posts/92/3286-the-curious-case-of-peter-nowicki.html

"Congressional earmarks sometimes used to fund projects near lawmakers' properties"

By David S. Fallis, Scott Higham and Kimberly Kindy

The Washington Post
February 6, 2012
Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/congressional-earmarks-sometimes-used-to-fund-projects-near-lawmakers-properties/2012/01/12/gIQA97HGvQ_story.html?wprss=rss_politics

"Overcriminalization: An Explosion of Federal Criminal Law"

Factsheet by The Heritage Foundation
April 27, 2011
Link: http://www.heritage.org/research/factsheets/2011/04/overcriminalization-an-explosion-of-federal-criminal-law

"Former Wall Street Trader: ‘There’s No Other Industry Where You Could Get Paid So Much For Doing So Little’"

By Pat Garofalo

Think Progress

February 6, 2012

Link: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/02/06/419907/trader-paid-much-doing-little/?mobile=nc

"Bernie Madoff’s Quarterly Report"
By Jon Fleischman
FlashReport
January 27, 2012
Link: http://www.flashreport.org/blog/2012/01/27/bernie-madoff%E2%80%99s-quarterly-report/

"A surefire sign that your public safety contracts are out of control"
By Troy Senik
Public Sector Inc.
January 26, 2012
Link: http://www.publicsectorinc.com/forum/2012/01/a-surefire-sign-that-public-compensation-has-become-out-of-control.html

"Federal workers owe $1 billion in unpaid taxes"

By Teri Sforza
The Orange County Register
January 25, 2012
Link: http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2012/01/25/federal-workers-owe-1-billion-in-unpaid-taxes/147268/

"Obama Pushes Hard to Protect Big Banks from Fraud Prosecutions ... But We Can Stop Him"
Submitted by George Washington
Zero Hedge
January 20, 2012
Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/obama-pushes-hard-protect-big-banks-fraud-prosecutions-we-can-stop-him

"NJ Homeland Security’s 18 Double-Dippers Nab $9 Million In Pensions"

By Mark Lagerkvist
New Jersey Watchdog
January 16, 2012
Link: http://newjersey.watchdog.org/2012/01/16/homeland-security/

"Philly Councilwoman Will ‘Retire’ For One Day, Collect A $478k Pension, and Return On Monday"

By Becket Adams
The Blaze
December 29, 2011
Link: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/philly-councilwoman-will-retire-for-one-day-collect-a-478k-pension-and-return-on-monday/