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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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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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