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Cameras catch BART janitor who made $270,000 in a year spending hours in Powell St. closet
sfgate ^ | 02/06/2017 | Katie Dowd

Posted on 02/06/2017 5:35:23 PM PST by DFG

Last November, a nonprofit called Transparent California reported that a BART janitor named Liang Zhao Zhang made $271,000 in a single year — over $162,000 of that in the form of overtime. Now, a KTVU investigation into Zhang's hours and pay revealed that he disappears into a storage closet at the Powell St. station, sometimes for hours a day. In order to observe how Zhang spent his sometimes 17-hour work day, KTVU requested surveillance video from BART. On it, they saw Zhang entering a storage closet twice in one day, once for 54 minutes and again for 90 minutes later in the day. On another day, they observed Zhang in the closet for 90 minutes in the afternoon and another 78 minutes in the evening.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bart; janitor; sf; zhang
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To: SaveFerris

Yeah, yeah, first time.


21 posted on 02/06/2017 5:58:02 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: DFG

With that kind of income he will be able to put a down payment on a bay area house in another 15 years ...


22 posted on 02/06/2017 5:59:58 PM PST by SecondAmendment (Restoring our Republic at 9.8357x10^8 FPS)
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To: DFG

The man is cheating the system and it could me jobs to 3 other people.

It’s not all his fault because the system is flawed.


23 posted on 02/06/2017 6:06:53 PM PST by boycott
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To: bicyclerepair

The sup that signs his time card needs to go to jail.


24 posted on 02/06/2017 6:09:29 PM PST by Oldexpat
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To: DFG

And even at that he’s can’t afford more than a studio apartment in the castro district.


25 posted on 02/06/2017 6:15:58 PM PST by Organic Panic (Rich White Man Evicts Poor Black Family From Public Housing - MSNBCPBSCNNNYTABC)
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To: DFG

Read the comments on the article. Almost half are defending him!


26 posted on 02/06/2017 7:01:17 PM PST by glorgau
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To: DFG

How dumb are these people. His pay should have been questioned after 2 pay periods.


27 posted on 02/06/2017 7:16:32 PM PST by New Jersey Realist (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke)
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To: DFG

Looks like the State of California has too much money.


28 posted on 02/06/2017 7:19:23 PM PST by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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To: DFG

Zip it, folks! This guy is an undercover agent and the closet leads to his secret HQ. You’re endangering his life with your reporting.


29 posted on 02/06/2017 7:23:24 PM PST by Rastus
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To: New Jersey Realist

“How dumb are these people. His pay should have been questioned after 2 pay periods.”

I bet some of that money is getting kicked “upstairs.”


30 posted on 02/06/2017 7:28:32 PM PST by PLMerite
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To: PLMerite
The Furies are gonna get their cut:


31 posted on 02/06/2017 7:32:45 PM PST by PLMerite
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To: DFG

Where do I apply?


32 posted on 02/06/2017 9:11:50 PM PST by jr3000
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To: artichokegrower

“Sacramento audit: Two firefighters worked ‘almost 70 percent of the time they are living’”

Firefighters are the absolute worst at this theft of government funds. Here in Contra Costa County, only the doctors at the county hospital ( none of whose names you can pronounce) make more money than the union firefighters. And as they say around the firehouse: “We eat till we’re sleepy, then sleep till we’re hungry!” And worst of all, they can retire will full pensions, including healthcare for themselves and their families at age 50! The two cities that have gone through bankruptcy here in California ( Vallejo and Stockton) had their cops and FFs comprising about 80% of their city budgets. The end is not far off.


33 posted on 02/07/2017 12:10:58 AM PST by vette6387
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To: Rastus

my first thought was get smart in his phone booth, but no phone booths these days so sub a closet


34 posted on 02/07/2017 12:17:07 AM PST by Nailbiter
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To: Chickensoup

S%#$%^T.....HAHAHA!!!!


35 posted on 02/07/2017 12:22:29 AM PST by Osage Orange (We can all live together as brothers or perish together as fools)
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To: LostInBayport

How could they film that without laughing?


36 posted on 02/07/2017 4:44:38 AM PST by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: HalfIrish

saying it with video is better with this one;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB2GboGOuTI


37 posted on 02/07/2017 4:50:03 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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