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After the City Council voted to fire and re-hire our scandal-plagued City Manager, Councilmembers Douglas Begonia and Brett Jones voted to hand him a $1.8 million dollar giveaway.
Here’s why Begonia and Jones need to be recalled:
Agreed to pay the fired city Manager $1,800,000 to settle a bogus claim without any independent investigation or public hearing.
Refused to follow city insurer’s advice not to pay the city manager’s claim…even when the insurer made clear it would not provide the city funds for the payout. Los Banos city residents were left with the debt responsibility.
Gave the rehired fired city manager a pay raise (to $220,000/year) in addition to the $1.8 million along with a guaranteed 4% annual increase.
Revised the city employment ordinance to require a unanimous 5-0 vote to dismiss the city manager in the future. Such a dismissal could only be for cause, changing the long-standing policy of having the city manager serving at the will of the council majority.
Further revised the city employment ordinances to make middle managers “at will” employees, giving the city manager the right to dismiss any without cause. This change was done without thorough discussion and debate.
If Begonia and Jones are willing to give $1.8 million in taxpayer funds to their cronies, what else will they waste your money on?
Don’t let Begonia and Jones avoid accountability. Sign the petition to recall.
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We deserve an effective city government, not a clown show that makes us the laughingstock of the valley.
Let’s send Begonia and Jones packing before they can waste another $1.8 million of taxpayer money.
