Posted on 06/02/2006 9:51:39 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
The University of California spent more than $90,000 last year to shuttle members of the governing Board of Regents around town in a caravan of chauffeur-driven luxury cars during five meetings in the Bay Area.
The cost to taxpayers was roughly 10 times that of hailing the regents a cab, a Chronicle analysis found.
"The number is a bit flabbergasting," said Patrick Callan, president of the nonprofit National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. ...
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Since November, the 10-campus UC system has been swept up in a controversy over tens of millions of dollars in hidden perks and compensation being paid to employees at the same time student fees were dramatically increased and services were slashed.
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A typical example is the May 2005 regents meeting in San Francisco when the university spent about $18,000 for cars, hired by the hour from Bauer's Limousine Service, for the two-day meeting, according to travel expense records reviewed by The Chronicle.
One portion of that bill came to $6,000 and covered one evening when 10 Lincoln Town Cars transported 15 regents and some chancellors and vice presidents 2 1/2 miles from the meeting at the UCSF Laurel Heights campus on California Street to the Pan Pacific hotel, where they were staying. The cars and drivers then waited until their passengers were ready to go to dinner, and drove them less than a mile to the upscale Hawthorne Lane restaurant. The cars and drivers waited several hours more while the regents and UC administrators dined, before driving them back to the hotel.
The bill shows UC spent another $1,113 on individual cars for Regents Gerald Parsky and Peter Preuss, who were not staying at the Pan Pacific hotel with the rest of the out-of-town regents.
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Well, it is San Fran,,we all know the rules are different there!
Like the Regents are supposed to use student transportation or something?!
Mandated 40 percent of the California state budget goes to the "educational system"....they GOTTA spend it!
Left Wing Lunatic Liberal Professors and Regents in action as usual with our tax $'s. Time to give them more for the Children.
Hailing a cab? What about the public transportation system they want the rest of us to use. Why couldn't they buy BART tickets?
Heck, What the heck is wrong with riding the cable cars even.. ? :-)
Oh, just raise tuition some more. We want to keep these pompous asses accustomed to the luxury they've become accustomed to.
Every ******* year we hear about the shortage of funds and they need more money for education. Yep, they need more. No doubt about it.
These people need to be fired. Now.
Well, it is San Fran,,we all know the rules are different there!..............What happens there, Stays there------ and SPREADS!
If you happen to know any recently retired school principals or school superintendents, who are old time democrats. After they have had a couple of glasses of wine ask them how many schools are really needed even with the illegal alien kids in school and then without the illegal alien kids.
There are a few school growth areas when the new housing boom continues like in Eastern Contra Costra county where there is a legitimate demand for new schools.
In most cities, there are far too many schools and teachers even with the illegal alien students. Without the illegal alien students, the number of too many schools and teachers is incredible.
Good grief. I have walked to Hawthorne Lane from the Pan Pacific hotel - in high heels!!
Them thar california regents must think they work for the new jersey college of medicine or something!! Jest who do they think they be? We give our regents free tractor rides down here in savannah town, and that seems to be makin' them dudes and dudettes happy. We wuz gonna' git 'em a ride in bubba's cab but bubba's sister took it on her date with clem and it was all messy with them used chicken legs and beer cans on the floor.
I see that you appove. Do you also bow before your betters?
They can take a cab or rent a car, just like anyone else.
rspeerchem
Since Jun 2, 2006
What does Ward Churchill drive?
it's hard out there for a regent.
the World's Fastest Indian.
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