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Pay Raises for Orange County Executives
An auditor says Orange County gave unjustified raises to a few high-level executives while hundreds of low-level workers were laid off or furloughed...
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenAn auditor says Orange County gave unjustified raises to a few high-level executives while hundreds of low-level workers were laid off or furloughed. Warnings about possible legal violations reportedly were ignored. We hear what the Board of Supervisors did — or didn't — do about it last night. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, is higher education really worth it?
Banner image: Thomas Mauk, CEO of the County of Orange, speaks to the Board of Supervisors at the Hall of Administration, Tuesday morning in Santa Ana, on the audit that Steve Danley, Performance Audit Director for Orange County, had performed. Photo: Mark Rightmire, The Orange County Register
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