I’m confused!
I just read in today’s paper that Bobby Jindal has hired Gary Graphia, a former top executive for The Shaw Group, as his new executive council at a six figure salary.
But two months ago he hired Tim Barfield, an ‘old buddy’, to head up the Department of Revenue and circumvented the legislators’ approval in paying him $250,000 a year, more than double what the previous head made, by adding the job responsibilities of executive council to the position. Jindal stated that Mr. Barfield would serve in BOTH capacities.
In the last three months Jindal has added four six-figure positions to staff totaling over $600,000.00 in annual salaries during a period in which he decreed that he was implementing a job freeze and no new positions. These included Mr. Barfield, Mr. Graphia, and a public relations director for the department of education, and approved another public relations director position to serve the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). I suspect there are probably more that didn’t make media coverage.
Please remember that Jindal represents the ultimate Republican ideals which include the downsizing of government, coupled with sound fiscal conservatism.
Yet, as he continues to decimate the health care and educational resources in this state in the name of fiscal conservatism, he continues to supply monies for high paying positions to his ‘buddies’ and sadly with NO push back from the legislators elected and paid to care for the well- being of their constituents.
All hail King Bobby!
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