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Real Name: Gretchen Wenner Address: 1707 Eye Street Bakersfield, CA 93301 Member Since: November 01, 2007 Last Signed In: November 18, 2009 Profile Views: 1859 Blog Views: 37851 Wednesday night meeting Bike riders: Watch for drilling rig on bike path! Canyons meeting under way... Bldrs Exchange drama... Recycling wackiness State's property values decline for first time since 1933... City seeking applicants for Board of Building Appeals Homebuilders v. city (and county): Latest buzz Council, Weds night: development "freeze?" Suing Bakersfield: Pork hits fan? And they're off! City Council seat beckons... November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 Get e-mail updates from this blog, and download to print on the go with the City Beat Printcast.
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Parra wins! (Along with other appointees...)
Former termed-out politicians, including our own Nicole Parra, apparently get to keep the six-figure jobs Arnold handed them earlier this year. 5,000 state workers, meanwhile, have pink slips headed their way. Parra's $128,000-a-year post as an economic developer in Arnold's office will remain, a spokeswoman told me, because it is not paid by the general fund. Technically that's true, but isn't it lame? It's still taxpayer money. With a half-dozen or so former pols swept into the governor's office...heck, there's more than a half mill right there.
-- Gretchen Wenner, staff writer
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posted by
Infowar
on May 14, 2009 at 07:18 PM
sick... posted by
CurtDalton
on May 14, 2009 at 07:46 PM
California politics is corrupt to the (rotten) core. This is simply "In-Your-Face" proof not one single politician in Sacramento can be trusted. A hundred years ago, corrrupt politicians would be tarred & feathered - today, they get cushy jobs while our economy melts down. Sick! posted by
Ed1936
on May 14, 2009 at 08:19 PM
What the HELL?posted by
Lingtaowoo
on May 14, 2009 at 09:29 PM
Why am I not surprised at this news.... posted by
ProgressivePete2
on May 14, 2009 at 10:12 PM
It's not what you know... it's who you know. You all seem so surprised. It's quaint. posted by
Shwaine
on May 15, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Not so much suprised as an angry facepalm sort of emotion. Sure, these salaries might not add up to much in the overall scheme of the budget, but someone needs to tell Arnold about a little thing called "public perception". posted by
Btowntv007
on May 15, 2009 at 08:26 AM
Big shocker. posted by
learnem
on May 15, 2009 at 08:29 AM
just another great example of why i am voting no on all the props... maybe even more budget cuts will get her out into the REAL world
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