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Government Corruption
Los Angeles County spends millions paying exorbitant salaries to taxpayer-funded lifeguards
2021-04-04
[Just The News] The Golden Horseshoe is a weekly designation from Just the News intended to highlight egregious examples of wasteful taxpayer spending by the government. The award is named for the horseshoe-shaped toilet seats for military airplanes that cost the Pentagon a whopping $640 each back in the 1980s.

This week, our award is going to Los Angeles County government in California for paying exceedingly high salaries to hundreds of city lifeguards, costing L.A. taxpayers ten of millions of dollars.

The Cabinet Secretaries of the United States of America each earn a salary around $200,000 per year. The top 15 lifeguards in L.A., however, earn closer to $300,000 per year — and some are paid almost $400,000.

A new report from OpenTheBooks.com, profiles the highest earning members of the Los Angeles lifeguard brigade throughout fiscal 2019. A man with the title of "Assistant Chief Lifeguard" made a taxpayer-funded salary of $391,971, including more than $60,000 in non-benefit "perks."
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  LOL, worked this shat as CWSI back in early 80s during high school and that was pool or river/lake water. The difference is significant but that was rarely reflected in the pay which was only slightly above min wage.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2021-04-04 15:58  

#4  
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-04-04 11:09  

#3  No problem, Nancy & Co used the Covid bill to cover the exorbitant amounts by levying* the inhabitants of poorer states to cover the generosity of Cali pols et al.

*public debt - aka indentured servitude
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-04-04 10:04  

#2  But, but "if it saves just one life...."

(for all the new folks; if I post it, the sarc token is default).
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-04-04 08:14  

#1  Political patronage, it's not just 'alive and well' in Los Angeles.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-04-04 08:11  

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