On the agenda: Say you're sorry.
It's not listed that way: But "remove foot from mouth" will be among the tasks at the next meeting of the Madera County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
Supervisor David Rogers plans to publicly apologize for a tirade in which he explained why he would never be goaded into taking a pay cut during hard times:
"I'd like to point out to the general public ... most of you don't have to run for a year and spend $50,000 to get this position. So it's, uh, it takes a lot of work to be on this dais and be in this position," Rogers said at the last meeting.
As for anyone who ever thought Rogers should take a reduction in pay:
"Well, I'll tell you right now, I'm not going to," he said. "I don’t think that’s fair. Because you’re not in the same position I’m in. When you have to run every four years and you have to spend $50,000, then come talk to me. It will be a different situation."
Rogers' remarks may have gone largely unnoticed, except current and former county employees were there to protest a proposed 16.9% increase in the salary offered for a vacant auditor controller position although other workers had either been forced into early retirement or taken a 10% pay cut.
But someone with sharp eyes, ears and/or sense of irony sent a video to PublicCEO.com, a website with 21,000 subscribers mostly working in local governments.
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