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Old 07-13-2011, 12:22 AM
 
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California prison doctor: Prison surgeon gets paid for doing little or nothing - latimes.com


A California surgeon has mostly been locked out of his job: on paid leave, fired or fighting his termination. When he does work, it's reviewing records. He made $777,000 last year, including back pay.



This user on the comments section couldn't have said it any better;

"I don't really get you LA Times. Why is your editorial board and your columnists do not seem to read the stories that your award-winning intrepid reporters are discovering every day? Why print these kinds of stories of outrageous abuses of public money and flat-out incompetence, and then proceed to publish your room-temperature IQ defense of these abuses as the fault of Prop. 13 or the minority Republicans?
What makes paying an annular salary of $777,423 to a state employee who is essentially not working, and was originally hired DESPITE of his well-documented mental issues, such a liberal cause celebre that Democrats must be elected at all cost?
Why do you not read your articles LA Times?"

-LAT is not being straight at 10:58 PM July 12, 2011
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Old 07-13-2011, 12:28 AM
 
Location: The High Seas
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Dr. Do Little, I presume.
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Old 07-13-2011, 01:17 AM
 
Location: Columbia, California
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To deal with felons all day, could not pay me that much for that job.
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Old 07-13-2011, 06:16 AM
 
Location: SW MO
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Your tax dollars hard at (non-)work. Kinda like the Lergislature, isn't it?
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Old 07-13-2011, 11:45 AM
 
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To deal with felons all day, could not pay me that much for that job.
REALLY!! I sure as heck would and I bet many others would also.
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Old 07-13-2011, 02:38 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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REALLY!! I sure as heck would and I bet many others would also.
Pay me well in access of 3/4 of a million dollars and you could get me to do damn near anything.
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Old 07-14-2011, 09:08 AM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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Your tax dollars hard at (non-)work. Kinda like the Lergislature, isn't it?
you took the words away from me...

Anyone who says this guy deserves his money needs to re-think what they said.

Nita
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Old 07-15-2011, 08:54 AM
 
Location: Paranoid State
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We MUST RAISE TAXES to pay for the bloated salaries, gold-plated pensions & Cadillac health care of public sector employees.
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Old 07-15-2011, 08:55 AM
 
Location: Texas
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Holy cow...no private sector surgeon I know makes money like that!!!!!!!!! And they work 7 days a week!
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Old 07-15-2011, 01:59 PM
 
Location: Maui County, HI
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Considering the high percentage of HIV+ inmates, it takes serious balls to be a prison surgeon.
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