Republicans aim to block reappointment
by Brian Leubitz
Herbert Carter, originally appointed by Gov. Schwarzenegger in 2004, has presided over the CSU Board of Trustees as its Chair since 2009. As you may know, those years have not exactly been a picnic for CSU or the state budget. However, being the guy who raised tuition while also paying higher executive salaries is going to make you a target no matter how diplomatically you handle it.
He’s up for confirmation on his reappointment, and it isn’t going smoothly. Apparently, the Republicans are up in arms, UP IN ARMS I tell you, about high executive pay.
Last week, Sen. Joel Anderson (R-San Diego) sent a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown asking him to withdraw his appointment of Carter.
“Since 1984, Herbert Carter has been near the center of every CSU pay hike scandal,” Anderson wrote. “The CSU trustees don’t seem to understand that their ‘compromise’ of setting a CSU’s president’s pay at $325,000 is insulting to California students, parents, and taxpayers.” (LA Times)
Without jumping into the morass that is CSU executive pay, I will say that hiring for a job at institution in chaos isn’t exactly an easy prospect. And the tuition/fee issue, well, you are never going to win in that position. But Republicans playing the tuition card seems kind of rich when they are all about cutting funding for the institution.
Perhaps Gov. Brown will have to come to some compromise on this candidate, but in a world where this is one of the few votes that matters for Republican support, they are doing their best to be heard. Whether it has any larger impact on anything whatsoever is a different question altogether.
At a time when tuition is rising so rapidly and the budget in so out of balance…..
…. IT’S DISGUSTING that CSU and UC have continued to raise executive salaries so recklessly
DUMP THE CHUMP !!
Carter should NOT be reconfirmed !!
What part of Extravagant Salaries does he NOT Understand??
At some point, you have to say NO
No more business as usual
Dump Carter and find someone who has a reasonable view of executive salaries…..
How about Leland Yee ??
Actually, I understand he’s part of the reason that Sonoma State has found itself without checks and balances, and as a result has a head who continues to serve despite multiple votes of no confidence by the students and the professors, so I’m not really sure this guy is worth confirming.
‘…Apparently, the Republicans are up in arms, UP IN ARMS I tell you, about high executive pay…’
Is it possible that they have a legitimate concern ?
I know they’re the ‘Bad Guys’…
But, it it possible that CSU executives ARE OVERPAID in light of our economic situtation ?
Is it possible that executive salaries are out of whack ?
My oldest duaghter is at SF State
The bills are overwhelming
and Tax [ayers got to pony up for executive salaries ??
HUH ???
and be replaced in-house at reasonable salaries, and with perquisites more in line with department chairs than with wall street CEOs.
they have run higher education into the freaking ground in this state. every schwarzeneggar appointee should not be renewed, for starters, but by no means should we end there.
the CSU and UC systems are groaning under the dead weight of these people.