Yesterday the County Board basically agreed to rework and clarify the ordinance that stipulates exactly who can pass out raises to county department heads and the like. And it ain’t gonna be the chairman! She continues to flap her gums about the need to be competitive while paying prosecutors next to nothing and how she eliminated a plethora of positions in the raise process.
Then tell me why it took three people to replace Larry Briggs in purchasing, one of them being McConnaughay lackey and S. Elgin Mayor Jim Hansen. No conflict of interest there!
But here’s the thing. Though board member Hollie Lindgren chided Jim MacRunnels for failing to come to the board with his concerns first before he filed the lawsuit that brought this to a head, that ain’t the way it works. One citizen can stand there before that board and complaine until they’re blue in the face, but absolutely nothing will happen.
The truth is, this all started with former Beacon-News reporter Dan Campana who took the time to FOIA that financial information and compile the totality of what those McConnaughay raises meant. Then, with his research in hand and a bit of looking into the county code, it was this columnist who broke the news that they were likely illegal.
Then the board suddenly took note. So now this pension bumping stupidity, which will cost KC taxpayers $20,000,000 over the course of those staffers’ lifetimes, won’t happen again.
I know it’s fashionable for low IQ folks like Sarah Palin to bash the “lamestream media,” but without newspapers and their capable reporters, this story never sees the light of day. Karen McConnaughay wouldn’t have fled to Springfield either. Without Dan Campana’s had work Chairman McConnaughay would’ve gotten away with more – much more!
You wanna pay less taxes? Then buy a newspaper!
