Do your time and you'll get your dime...
At the OCTA Board meeting a couple weeks ago, 4th District County Supervisor Shawn Nelson lofted a proposal that the members of this fairly opaque (but very rich) agency who attend the meetings should only receive their stipend if they attend the entire meeting. Nelson’s idea was that in order to get that stipend, someone ought to actually earn it.
Well there’s a novel concept. Getting folks on the government dime to actually put in their time.
Read the rest of “The Case of The Disappearing Board Members…”
While not unique to this agency, the multi-committee multi-stipend scam is prevalent in many public agencies. I believe that the Bell scam started out exactly this way. Remember the “golden” rule – follow the money.
At the very least, for those officials who depart a meeting early – the time of their departure should be noted in the official minutes. That would probably reduce this bad behavior.