[BJungNan]

If ever there was a time to FReep against government waste and abuse, this is it.

If you live in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area) and want to help shut down government waste, this is your chance.

Here is a link to the agenda of this agency for the next meeting. Check out the travel expenses. This goes on every single month.

And here is the date, time and place of the next meeting.

Meeting date is this Tuesday, June 12 Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control Board 43-420 Trader Place Indio, CA (760) 342-8287

[pepsionice]

You know...if you start messing with the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control Board....you are sure to trigger a massive resignation effort...no one managing the mosquito efforts, and your entire summer is ruined by an overflow of mosquitoes. I wouldn’t be messing with this deal.

I hate to break this to you....but if you are demanding qualified folks...especially with a science background...and we are talking PhD type degree...then the salary is likely correct. I realize that this more than some state governors make (at least Mississippi)....but a science requirement and a educational requirement...are totally separate. If you give the country school super a pay raise...then the teachers will demand one too.

[aruanan]

In comparison, Coachella Valley Unified School District Superintendent Foch "Tut" Pensis makes less - $144,000 per year - to administer a district with 1,500 employees, more than 17,000 students, 21 school buildings and an annual budget of about $145 million.

That really bugs me. But what in the world is someone with the name of Foch Pensis doing with the nickname of "Tut"?

[burzum]

Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control general manager Donald Gomsi receives a $150,000 per year in salary. He also receives a company automobile, 60 vacation days per year and a $100,000 life insurance policy.

Gomsi receives this pay for managing a district with 49 employees and a budget of under $9 million per year.

Sounds about right. Why is there a problem here? If you think you can compare any professional to a teacher, go ahead and compare the engineers and managers at a nuclear power plant. The difference there will knock your socks off.

[frankjr]

Who cares about some government employee making a reasonable wage in some podunk town?

By the way, a “@100,000 life insurance policy” costs this town about $5 per month.

[rpellegrini]

School systems are corrupt.