this is all part and parcel of the Civil Service Nightmare as SEIU and state, county and city operations are full of nepotism, abuse of power, anti-civil service and anti-union behaviors by both management and SEIU
see the facebook group STATE FUND to see the true face of Civil Service in Cali and depending on what you think, try the f/b cause REFORM CIVIL SERVICE. 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SEARCH > sacbee.com Web > > 5-Day Weather <http://www.wunderground.com/auto/sacbee/> | Traffic > <http://www.sacbee.com/traffic/> Clear > 37� F > 3M28CARS.JPG > <http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2378234-a2286938-t2....> > > Kathleen Webb has been hired by the Federal Receivership for Prison > Health Care's office of policy, planning and evaluation. > > More Information > > * Top manager resigns amid probe of idle state vehicles > <http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2286940.html> > * Editorial: Why state is in fast lane to insolvency > <http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2283719.html> > * State buys vehicles, then lets them sit idle, Bee finds > <http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2281287.html> > > Popular Comment > "If her past performance is what passes for "exective leadership skills > and abilities", CA is definitely in trouble. These skiils are probably > difficult for the State to find because most truly talented "executives" > are in private industry, not state or local government. I heard an > excerp from an interview with the head of the UD System. He defended the > large salaries paid to top "educators" in this state. To get the best > people he claimed, you have to pay salaries that are competative with > private enterprise. Too bad this thinking doesn't extend to the lower > rank and file workers whose hard work and professionalism keep this > state running despite the floundering of "skilled executives" like Ms. > Webb." > > -- margyg1 > > Leave your comment > <http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2378234.html#comments> > Capitol and California <http://www.sacbee.com/111/index.html> > Comments > <http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2378234.html#Comment...> > (59) | Recommend > <http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2378234.html#none> (7) > | Print > <http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/v-print/story/2378234.html> > > California official who resigned after Prius flap has new job > > ShareThis <javascript:void(0)> > Buzz up! > <http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?publisherurn=the_sacrament682&guid=%2Fcapi...> > > By Andrew McIntosh > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Published: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 - 9:33 am | Page 4A > > A senior state official who resigned in October after The Bee exposed a > $1.2 million questionable purchase of vehicles that sat unused for > months is back to work, hired by the federal court-appointed receiver > overseeing the state's troubled prison health care system. > > Kathleen Webb has been hired by the Federal Receivership for Prison > Health Care's office of policy, planning and evaluation. She will earn > $98,760 a year in her new job, according to Luis Patino, spokesman for > receiver Clark Kelso. > > Until her resignation on Oct. 30, Webb was a Department of General > Services deputy director who oversaw the state's vehicle fleet. > > She offered to resign during a probe into the purchase of $1.2 million > worth of hybrids, according to Schwarzenegger administration officials. > In her old job, Webb earned $106,800. > > The Bee reported on Oct. 28 that the 50 Toyota Priuses sat parked on the > roof of the state garage near the Capitol for months, even as > legislators slashed spending and cut state worker pay to help balance > the budget. The Prius sedans were eventually converted to plug-in > electric vehicles with an additional $600,000 grant, and some were put > into the daily rental pool. > > Kelso said that despite Webb's involvement in the controversy, he's > happy to have her on his staff. > > "Kathleen Webb is well known throughout many state agencies as a very > respectable and very competent executive," Kelso said in a statement. > > "Upon her departure from DGS, several state agencies were attempting to > recruit her," Kelso's statement said. "Ms. Webb was in charge of a unit > whose actions were questioned in the press so she took responsibility > and has suffered harsh consequences." > > Kelso noted that Webb was never accused of any fraud, corruption or > unethical personal gain. > > "Her formidable executive leadership skills and abilities are difficult > to find. She is making considerably less than her previous salary and is > not on the executive management team," Kelso added. > > ShareThis <javascript:void(0)> > Buzz up! > <http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?publisherurn=the_sacrament682&guid=%2Fcapi...> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > /Call Andrew McIntosh, Bee Capitol Bureau, (916) 321-1215./ > > hide comments > > *About Comments* > > Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The > Sacramento Bee. If you see an objectionable comment, click the "report > abuse" button below it. We will delete comments containing inappropriate > links, obscenities, hate speech, and personal attacks. Flagrant or > repeat violators will be banned. See more about comments here. > <javascript:void(0);> > > *What You Should Know About Comments on Sacbee.com* > > Sacbee.com is happy to provide a forum for reader interaction, > discussion, feedback and reaction to our stories. 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Login > <http://www.sacbee.com/static/insite/login.html?goto=http://www.sacbee...> > | Register > <http://www.sacbee.com/reg-bin/int.cgi?mode=register&goto=http://www.s...> > > Comments: 59 Showing: > > * [[email protected]@] > SumTinWong > > <http://www.sacbee.com/personas?plckUserId=9553d059edab4ebc45f6796e862...> > wrote on 12/08/2009 05:48:05 PM: > > If only Andrew McIntosh would put as much effort into exposing > real corruption and waste in government (hint: look into the > bloated payrolls and travel expenditures of the legislature AND > the Governor's Office), rather than continuing his "witch hunt" of > Ms Webb, perhaps he could do some real good on behalf of the > citizens of California. > > Sorry, but I can't get all worked up about a mid-level manager > being hired after resigning her former job because the Bee ran a > hit piece on her, as a result of her purchasing cars at a > below-market price... which then sat unused for reasons outside of > her direct control... and which are now in fact being used... > having been converted to "greener" vehicles. > > But I guess quick and easy hit pieces like this sell papers... and > generate comments! > > Recommend <javascript: void(0)> (1) Report abuse <javascript: > void(0)> > * [[email protected]@] > yardbird88 > > <http://www.sacbee.com/personas?plckUserId=9553d059edab4ebc45f6796e862...> > wrote on 12/08/2009 04:00:04 PM: > > Now is she going to buy a bunch of MRI machines & locked up in the > cell somewhere? > > Recommend <javascript: void(0)> (0) Report abuse <javascript: > void(0)> > * [[email protected]@] > secarider > > <http://www.sacbee.com/personas?plckUserId=9553d059edab4ebc45f6796e862...> > wrote on 12/08/2009 03:19:52 PM: > > "Ms. Webb was in charge of a unit whose actions were questioned in > the press so she took responsibility and has suffered harsh > consequences." Those responsibilities and pay come with being an > Executive. All Executives within the state should be held equally > accountable for their unit's actions; otherwise they are nothing > more then paper tigers. > > Recommend <javascript: void(0)> (1) Report abuse <javascript: > void(0)> > * [[email protected]@] > blame_apathy > > <http://www.sacbee.com/personas?plckUserId=9553d059edab4ebc45f6796e862...> > wrote on 12/08/2009 02:58:40 PM: > > Let's hope the first thing that she is going to set up is patient > advocates, so that there is a place to go for help to prevent > deaths. Five families whose loved ones were killed in prison, five > members of the clergy, a former CDCr forensic psychologists and > activists decried the murders by the State. AP will break with > this story later today or tomorrow. Here's the highlights of this > public outcry at the Capitol. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gv1fRkTtu4 > > Recommend <javascript: void(0)> (1) Report abuse <javascript: > void(0)> > * [[email protected]@] > calsense > > <http://www.sacbee.com/personas?plckUserId=9553d059edab4ebc45f6796e862...> > wrote on 12/08/2009 02:53:50 PM: > > The people running the state programs are the ones that are > killing our state. Close all state offices until a plan is devised > to put as much of the services on the internet, and contract the > rest out. > > Recommend <javascript: void(0)> (1) Report abuse <javascript: > void(0)> > * [[email protected]@] > garywilsonlaw > > <http://www.sacbee.com/personas?plckUserId=9553d059edab4ebc45f6796e862...> > wrote on 12/08/2009 01:54:41 PM: > > 35 million people in California and the best Kelso can do is hire > her. Both of them are jokes. > > Recommend <javascript: void(0)> (3) Report abuse <javascript: > void(0)> > * [[email protected]@] > CarmichaelPatriot > > <http://www.sacbee.com/personas?plckUserId=9553d059edab4ebc45f6796e862...> > wrote on 12/08/2009 01:16:34 PM: > > "Kathleen Webb is well known throughout many state agencies as a > very respectable and very competent executive," Kelso said in a > statement. > > He forgot to mention that she likes to waste taxpayers money, too... > > Recommend <javascript: void(0)> (2) Report abuse <javascript: > void(0)> > * [[email protected]@] > unimpressedpragmatist > > <http://www.sacbee.com/personas?plckUserId=9553d059edab4ebc45f6796e862...> > wrote on 12/08/2009 01:08:36 PM: > > Another prime example of why CA is in so much trouble. Whenever a > politician or bureaucrat gets caught with their fingers in the > money jar, they resign with no further action taken against them > and then are offered a government job elsewhere. > > Of course, this is the program across the spectrum of federal, > state, and local offices. Furthermore, this is one of the big > reasons We the People are so incensed at government and will make > REAL changes in 2010. The move to a 3rd Conservative Party is > already under way. > > The Tea Party, Town Hall, March on Washington syndrome is sweeping > the nation and will be a steamroller in 2010 and beyond. This > Spring, look for hundreds of real conservatives to announce for > Congress and all state and local elections. 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