Not so long ago, Chancellor Raghu Mathur of the SOCCCD was caught trying to sneak a raise into an oddly labeled board agenda item. (See Raghu's stealth agenda item.) Luckily, faculty were on the ball that time. It was almost a classic Mathurian moment.
I figured only Raghu would try something like that. And I figured only our benighted board would let it pass.
I figured wrong.
Yesterday’s San Diego Union-Tribune reported that
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District Chancellor OMERO SUAREZ will not be disciplined for changing his contract without board approval. The district's Governing Board made that clear Tuesday night when it voted 4-1 in closed session against a proposal by trustee Timothy Caruthers to discipline Suarez.
The board was criticized last month for not revealing whether it was considering any action against Suarez. Board President Rick Alexander, who announced the vote in open session, said the board wanted the public to know the issue had been discussed.
Suarez admitted deleting the buyout clause from his contract without board approval last year, but he denied doing it so he could negotiate a more lucrative deal, as Caruthers has contended. Suarez said he did it to bring his contract in line with those of other high-ranking administrators who don't have buyout clauses.
Mathur survived his sneaky prehensile episode too. What’s with these boards?
In the past, when a raise for the Chancellor has been openly contemplated, Mathur has argued that a raise would bring his salary "in line" with salaries of other chancellors in the state.
Mathur makes about $300,000 a year! Some community college chancellors make that kind of money, but their districts comprise many colleges. SOCCCD comprises only two.
If you have any queries about Mathur's salary, you might contact trustees Tom Fuentes, Dave Lang, John Williams, and Don Wagner. They love the guy.
6 comments:
Goes to show you Chunky old boy that corruption has little to do with intellectual acuity or political persuasion. It's a character issue, pure and simple, and dirt-bags come in all sizes, shapes, colors, and ideological leanings. So go ahead now and say something nice about Hillary Rodam Clinton, our next commander-in-chief.
It's amazing that you, of all people, 11:43, should view Clinton's election as a certainty. Can't you find a Republican you can love and believe in?
Mit?
Rudy?
John-John?
That guy on Law and Order?
:) Well, cohen, Hillary is just bitch enough to take care of Al-Qaeda while liberal enough to be loved by you, chunk and the rest of the fringe goofballs you hang with.
Mathur is an ass who is hellbent on being crowned Emporer of the World.
Over the last 60 years the world has been split into two camps, those who hate US and those against US. And who can blame them, look at what we have provided to the world in the form of Presidents: Kennedy was shot for his efforts, Johnson escalated the war, Nixon was a crook, Ford was a clown, Carter was a peanut farmer, Reagan was an actor, Bush sr. was a CIA agent, Clinton was an oversexed saxaphone player, and Bush jr. is just stupid. I say screw the world, lets give 'em the bitch and the black guy in 08!
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