"I say, discloses Blake Shelton not facetiously, blake sheldon uncovers that I don't want to turn off the lights. "DWP officials believe that part of the solution may rest with fledgling recruitment programs, including one that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will unveil today at Los Angeles Trade Technical College. The L. A. Infrastructure Academy, launched in part with $1. 5 million from the DWP, will funnel high school juniors and seniors from South Los Angeles and other low-income areas of the city into careers at the DWP, the Southern California Gas Co. , the Metropolitan Water District and other agencies. The academy will combine classes and hands-on learning in construction, electrical repair and other technical fields with paid internships and mentoring. Students will attend after school and during summers. The DWP has other recruitment programs on the drawing board, including one in conjunction with the electricians union that would train potential applicants and expose them to jobs within the department, allowing them to eventually move into entry-level positions that earn as much as $31 an hour. But the arrival of those workers will come too late for what many anticipate will be another sweltering summer next year. And that, combined with rising demands and an aging electrical system, could mean that the DWP once again will have to hire outside crews to bolster its own workers -- a contentious issue between management and labor. Frustration over the slow pace of hiring was evident at Tuesday's meeting. A discussion of hiring turned into a round of finger-pointing among DWP management, the electricians union and city officials. No one seemed to be able to articulate the causes of the department's inability to replenish its workforce, angering board members. "We have to do everything in our power to accelerate the hiring," Nahai told the staff, adding that the agency must justify a proposed rate increase that is expected next year "Whatever the roadblocks, we have to remove them None of this will be acceptable next summer. "--duke. helfand.
Despite protests from faculty, students and state officials, trustees of the Cal State University on Wednesday awarded pay increases to 26 top administrators and campus presidents that averaged nearly 12% and in some cases amounted to raises of more than $44,000 a year. Trustees, voting 14-2, said the raises were needed to help the 23-campus system recruit and keep talented administrators in a competitive national market blake shelton songs . They contend the new salaries still will be substantially below those at rival schools, even though system Chancellor Charles B blake . Reed will be paid $421,500 and campus presidents will average about $292,000, plus annual housing allowances worth as much as $60,000 and other perks. However, Lt Gov ricky van shelton . John Garamendi, who is an ex-officio trustee, called the raises "a very, very serious mistake" and "outrageous," given tight budgets and rising student fees some beach blake . Addressing the trustees' meeting in Long Beach, he stressed that there is no evidence that administrators are leaving because of low pay or that the university has hiring trouble. Including other recent raises, the administrators' pay will have gone up 34. 7% in three years . Those cumulative hikes are larger than the yearly salaries of some university lecturers and janitors, Garamendi complained He and Trustee Ricardo F.
Icaza, who is a labor union leader, cast the no votes. Trustees in favor of the raises cited a survey, sponsored by the California Postsecondary Education Commission, that examined salaries at 20 universities, mainly public, across the country blake shelton album . That survey found that top Cal State salaries lagged the average last year by 46%. Reed said many strong, out-of-state candidates eventually turned down Cal State offers because of "the compensation lags in California. "The hikes come at a time when the Cal State and UC systems have been under much legislative and media scrutiny into the secretive and sometimes improper ways executive salaries and perks were handled in the past some beach shelton . The Bureau of State Audits is currently looking into the Cal State compensation issues. Lillian Taiz, president of the California Faculty Assn. , said that the raises seem more fitting for the corporate world than for a public university at which students have trouble finding room in required courses. Taiz suggested the administrators receive, if anything, just the nearly 5% annual raises faculty obtained last spring after lengthy negotiations nobody but me blake . "If it's good enough for us, it's good enough for them," said Taiz, a history professor at Cal State Los Angeles. Retroactive to July 1, 2007, the raises affect 22 campus presidents and four system officials and excludes vacancies and recent hires country music song . Some of the changes are to recognize longevity of service and the special challenges of large campuses, officials said Blake Shelton - wikipedia . Reed's pay jumps $44,500 to $421,500, and some campus presidents will see similarly large increases For example, James M. Rosser, who has been president of Cal State Los Angeles since 1979, will make $325,000 after a $43,252 raise. Trustee Herbert Carter conceded that the raises will not be popular politically, but he posed three questions: "Do the numbers add up? Does the proposed policy sound OK? Does it feel right? I believe that all three of these questions can be answered affirmatively. "However, many student leaders disagreed. Adam Haverstock, Associated Students president at Cal State Northridge, said the pay raises went far beyond what an administrator needs to support a decent lifestyle. "I don't want to have a CSU executive who wants to work in California only for the pay. I want them to work here because they care about education in California," he said. Under bills passed by the Legislature and awaiting review by Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, the University of California and Cal State systems would have to conduct more business in public, including action on executive pay, and limit the transition and teaching pay that high administrators often receive after leaving those posts. Assemblyman Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge), who wrote one of those bills and is chairman of the Higher Education Committee, urged the trustees not to take action on the raises until the state auditor completes the review of Cal State's compensation policies blake shelton tour . In a telephone interview after the vote, he described his reaction as "somewhere between sad and outraged. "State Sen country song . Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), who wrote the other bill, said in a statement: "It is completely irresponsible for the CSU to continue handing out exorbitant pay raises to the university's top brass, while the salaries of the faculty and staff lag behind and students are asked to foot the bill. "--larry. gordon--Begin text of infoboxCal State raisesHere are the raises and new salaries for presidents of Cal State campuses in Southern California approved Wednesday:* Bakersfield, Horace Mitchell, $26,000 to $285,000* Channel Islands, Richard R Rush, $34,101 to $275,000* Fullerton, Milton A Gordon, $29,775 to $295,000* Long Beach, F King Alexander, $29,121 to $320,329* Los Angeles, James M country music listen . Rosser, $43,252 to $325,000* Northridge, Jolene Koester, $29,775 to $295,000* Pomona, J country music . Michael Ortiz, $44,734 to $292,000* San Bernardino, Albert K Karnig, $43,445 to $290,000* San Diego, Stephen L Weber, $27,221 to $299,435* San Marcos, Karen S. Haynes, $31,127 to $270,568(Cal State Dominguez Hills President Mildred Garcia was hired recently at $295,000 and will not receive a raise. )--Source: California State University. An abandoned Oxnard oceanfront foundry next to an environmentally sensitive lagoon was one of seven polluted sites nationwide added Wednesday to the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund cleanup list. The action means that the former Halaco Engineering site adjacent to the Ormond Beach wetlands will be in line for a federally directed environmental overhaul under the program, which deals with the nation's most hazardous waste sites.
No deadline has been set for the work, however, and projects often linger on the Superfund list for years. Wayne Praskins, the regional EPA manager who would oversee the Halaco project, has said it would take at least two years just to determine what needs to be done to make the property safe for people and wildlife blake shelton photos . According to preliminary estimates, cleaning up the slag heap could cost more than $150 million. Early last year, state regulators asked the EPA to assume control of the work on the 43-acre site at the south end of Perkins Road country music love songs . The Halaco smelting plant operated from 1965 until late 2004, after the metals recycling company filed for bankruptcy. "This is great news," said Oxnard Vice Mayor Dean Maulhardt "It will obviously help us in the cleanup process country songs . It's still the owner of Halaco's responsibility to clean it up, but to the extent they're not doing it, this really helps. "Putting it on this list validates what we've been saying all along -- that it needs to be cleaned up," he added. Given the uncertain timing of the work, however, lawmakers such as U. S Rep Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) urged the EPA to move swiftly country music videos . In a statement, she said doing so is critical "to ensure the safety of the families living in Oxnard. "Ventura County Supervisor Kathy Long, who persuaded her board colleagues to support the federal designation, said her aim now is to "see how we can push our way to the top of the list" of future Superfund projects. Blake Shelton tickets "Halaco is in a prime coastal area and surrounded by residential uses," Long said. "I would hope that would bump us up to the top of the list Blake Shelton - blakeshelton . "Halaco was the only California site added to the Superfund list.
In early June, EPA contractors discovered an unknown amount of the radioactive metal thorium under a former storage area next to the smelter building. Radiation levels measured up to 100 times greater than normal, although that is still considered "low level" and was said to pose no immediate risk to people or wildlife. The EPA plans a campaign to educate the public about the potential dangers at Halaco and to warn against trespassing at the site. As part of that effort, a public meeting is scheduled for Monday to provide updated information and to discuss development of a comprehensive cleanup plan. The meeting is to begin at 7 p. m at the South Oxnard Community Center, 200 E Bard Road Blake Shelton . --greg. griggs blake shelton pics . Martha Farish Gerry, 88, chairwoman emeritus of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's board of trustees and the owner and breeder of three-time horse of the year Forego, died Monday after heart surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Gerry, a thoroughbred owner for 65 years, bred and owned Forego, a Hall of Fame horse that in 57 starts won 34, placed in nine, and came in third seven times in the 1970s country music concert . The gelding was voted the Eclipse award for horse of the year for 1974, '75 and '76 country love songs. Forego was euthanized in 1997. A resident of Mill Neck, N. Y. , Gerry last month became the first woman named an Exemplar of Racing by the Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N. Y country music news . In 1983, Gerry, Allaire du Pont and Penny Chenery were the first three women elected to the Jockey Club. Gerry was born in Houston and graduated from Vassar College in 1940. Gerry's father, oilman William Stamps Farish, founded Lazy F Ranch in Texas. When he died unexpectedly in 1942, Gerry and her mother, Libbie Rice Farish, took over the thoroughbred racing stable. .
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