Comments on: CalWatchDog.com Exclusive: Cal State Lies about Executive Pay

By: Dan K.

Dan K. — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:36:59 +0000

Comp. institutions (CI) from the Mercer Report had on average 35% higher enrollments (23,089) than the CSU (14,980). So per enrollee, their base salaries are comparable. What doesn’t make sense is that of the 23 CSU campuses, only seven have enrollments equal to or greater than the CI’s average. Nine CSU campuses have less than 50% the enrollment of the CI’s average, and eight have less than 30%. To be rational about this whole thing, one might question why the president’s salaries are nearly the same for CSU campuses with about 7,500 enrollees as they are for campuses with three times that number. The CSU president’s average salary should be 65% of the Mercer report’s average (to reflect per enrollee costs), with SDSU’s president receiving base pay of $519,000, and CSU Channel Island’s president receiving $58,000. If the CSU presidents are supposed to be the best available, then let them compete against each other for wages.

By: Bob Land

Bob Land — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:30:19 +0000

I wonder what the top execs make at CA’s top 23 corporations. I doubt any of them would work for so little as the highest paid CSU president. By attacking public servants, CA Watchdog is carrying the water of the far right who want to destroy public institutions that have been the engine of progress for so many in this state.

By: Bella G.

Bella G. — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:27:29 +0000

This is criminal. As the high administration of CSU is destroying education at our universities, charging students more and more in fees, merging colleges, packing more and more students into classes, etc., etc., etc., –all while keeping “reserves” for their pet projects–this kind of stuff keeps going on. In the year Cal State employees were furloughed, the presidents gave themselves about 20% salary increase!!! Remember? How moral, ethical, professional is it!?? Bureaucratic career crooks run CSU and it’s time they were held accountable. If they think they don’t make enough, hire honest people who are willing to educate and serve the public at honest pay.

By: Lion A

Lion A — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:12:24 +0000

Great article! We need real transparency from institution leaders/executives and this is going to help!
The 2 year freeze to the school presidents proposed by Portantino is a genious move! This way they have time to analyze all data and find more wrong figures to make things right.

By: Rex The Wonder Dog!

Rex The Wonder Dog! — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:33:34 +0000

President James Rosser reported receiving $515,612 in total compensation for fiscal year 2009-10,

Totally, 100% out of control.

Public employees-ALL of them, have no business pulling down this kind of $$$.

If they can go out in the real world and make that then FINE, go for it, no one is stopping them. They can’t and they know it.

By: David H

David H — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:27:49 +0000

Political corruption is destroying the love of justice in this country.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:42:42 +0000

Good work, John!

And I expect this to be front page news in the LA Times and all the other California papers….yeah, right.

They are too busy writing editorials supporting tax increases.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:40:48 +0000

Wow! Yet another rip-off of the taxpayer, lies and a cover up.

Someone ought to be going to prison.

By: Beelzebub

Beelzebub — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:16:52 +0000

So the solution to these goofballs pulling down comp packages of well over a half mil a year is to freeze their salaries for 2 years???? 😀 That will solve the problem? Pull my other thumb too! 😀

Listen closely. THEY DON’T CARE WHAT YOU THINK OR WHAT YOU WANT. THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO REGARDLESS OF YOUR INPUT. YOUR JOB IS TO SHUT UP, OPEN YOUR WALLETS AND PAY FOR IT.

THe big boys will laugh at your report. You are peeing into a 90MPH headwind.

Haven’t you figured out the new rules of the game yet???

THE BEST LIAR WINS!!!! 😀