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Official Favoritism in Orange County?
Employees of Orange County told the Board of Supervisors last night they felt "betrayed" after an auditor's revelations that top county executives got unjustified raises of up to 33 percent in less than six months, at the same time hundreds of lower-level workers were being laid off and furloughed.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readEmployees of Orange County told the Board of Supervisors last night they felt "betrayed" after an auditor's revelations that top county executives got unjustified raises of up to 33 percent in less than six months, at the same time hundreds of lower-level workers were being laid off and furloughed. The Orange County Register has reported the auditor's findings, the names of the beneficiaries and recommendations that could save the County $150 million. Last night was the Board's first hearing into the matter.
Note: We asked County CEO Tom Mauk and two supervisors to appear on tonight's program. All of them refused.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Kimberly Edds
Orange County Register
Steve Danley
Orange County Performance Auditor
Nick Berardino
Orange County Employees Association
The full episode
2 of 3Pay Raises for Orange County Executives- 0:00Will Republicans Allow a Vote on Tax Extensions?
- 8:02Official Favoritism in Orange County?You’re reading this
- 25:32Preparing Americans for the 21st Century Workplace