by Jack
An audit just revealed that the U.C. Office of Janet Napolitano just spent $4,000 of your tax dollars on a going away party for a former employee and thousands more for little 
perks like Staff appreciation days, holidays and other little parties for state employees within the U.C. system. We’ve seen this kind of spending in the private sector, before the Great Recession, but it’s shocking to see such lavish spending in the State’s public sector, especially in the wake of recession!
The worst however is yet to come, check this out: This audit has also uncovered a special place where $175M was rat-holed for special needs (whatever the needs may be).
This kind of spending gives us a rare glimpse into the U.C. system’s spending. It has been suspected for many years that huge amounts of taxpayers money has often been squandered, but the lack of transparency and accountability has kept the taxpayers mostly in the dark. Without specific information it’s difficult to make cogent complaints. However, the 2017 audit has come up with plenty to complain about. For instance, President Napolitano’s government provided apartment in Oakland has undergone about $840,000 in mostly frivolous and unnecessary upgrades over the last four years. Your tax dollars at work.
Still want to know why 300 million tax dollars spent on a bomb to make press is OK
What could we have done with 300 Million?
LOL
“We’ve seen this kind of spending in the private sector, before the Great Recession, but it’s shocking to see such lavish spending in the State’s public sector…”
Exactly! So lets go even further to make the distinction.
In the private sector company profits are used to reward employee groups. In the private sector the money for these perks is generated by investment and production by the company and it’s employees.
In the case of government (Napalitano) it is the elitist bureaucratic head squandering not their own dollars but taxpayer dollars. Napalitano should lack the authority to use our tax dollars as if they were generated by the government employees.
Regarding Dewey’s comment…the result from the $300 million is yet to be fully determined or realized. If it becomes one of many decisions that finally put the mayhem, displacement, and horror in the ME and around the world down, it will have been well worth it. If it’s contributed to restoring the US as a strong serious leader, respected and effective, it will have been well worth it.
Oh, California! The hits just keep on comin’.
California’s high traffic fines unfairly punish the poor -activists.
http://www.reuters.com/article/california-fines-idUSL1N1I8014
I have seen projections that the proposed California single payer (SB 562) will be funded by a new tax—-give or take $5000/individual/year.