Posted on 10/21/2010 5:04:46 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
MYFOXNY.COM - Auditors say the New Jersey Turnpike Authority wasted $43 million on unneeded perks and bonuses. In one case, an employee with a base salary of $73,469 earned $321,985 when all payouts and bonuses were included.
The audit says that toll dollars From the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway were spent on items ranging from an employee bowling league to employee bonuses for working on birthdays and holidays.
It took place as tolls were being increased.
The biggest expense uncovered in the audit was $30 million in unjustified bonuses to employees and management in 2008 and 2009 without consideration of performance.
One example was paying employees overtime for removing snow and working holidays and then giving additional "snow removal bonuses" and "holiday bonuses."
The Comptroller's Office audit released Tuesday says taxpayers also paid $430,000 for free E-ZPass transponders for employees to get to work and nearly $90,000 in scholarships for workers' kids.
The audit shows turnpike authority employees got bonuses and overtime for working their birthdays and holidays.
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duh........it’s Jersey,tolls have always been a slush fund for politicians. Both toll roads were paid for 50 times over, it has become the oldest goose of the golden egg kind.
And the tolls never go down or go away as promised.
Go figure.
Christie is going to very unpopular with these people when he does what needs to be done.
....now if you wanna open up the “road tax” debacle that all transportation traveling through NJ has to pay that is suppose to take care of roads.....now were talking extortion and corruption.
You should see the Palace they built for themselves just North of Exit One.
With all the corruption allegations which were swirling when the road was built, any wonder the corruption continues to this day??
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