Still Broke...
Despite a burgeoning financial crisis that has forced a $43 million property tax increase and hundreds of job cuts, the Chicago Board of Education has found a $154,000-a-year job for an all-purpose mayoral troubleshooter.
Barbara Lumpkin, 59, will serve as deputy CEO for external affairs for the Chicago Public Schools forging partnerships with the business community to support school programs. The job has been vacant for nine months -- ever since Lumpkin's predecessor retired.
Lumpkin is the City Hall equivalent of a utility infielder. She has also served as Daley's city comptroller, budget director and city treasurer following the conviction of Miriam Santos.
In 2005, her name turned up on city documents as one of four officials who signed off on some of the 14 pay raises over eight years -- three within two months -- granted to former gang member-turned convicted Hired Truck czar Angelo Torres.
Labels: city politics
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
22 Comments:
I sure as hell hope that Mr. Arbitrator is paying close attention to Daley's liberal spending since the failed olympic bid, because I highly doubt anyone else is - including our illustrious FOP.
Business as usual indeed, SCC.
chicago is an "ism" nepotism, cronyism, and parochialism and this will never change---
It can't be we are out of money!
If the position could sit empty for nine months then it isn't needed and can sit empty forever.
Thank the gods Lumpkin is there to fill a much needed void!
keep working for the little prick
".....forging relationships with the business community to support school programs" - shakedown/pay to play by a different name.
As I sat and pushed; broken-hearted.
I hoped to poop, but only farted.
Across from me, I peed on a pumpkin.
Because my wife came in, and gave me a BLUMPKIN!
Daley's form of "tightening the belt" = removing the belt buckle
spending "our" money WTF! all the flowers and accident causing planters, the corner daley just bought s/e 6300 s. cicero to tear down for a park,the runways and terminals at o'hare the airlines don't want,all the cars daley bought for his personal fleet kept in the huge garage on 35th and shields! How much more? Now lumhead will she get another huge pension?
I just finished scanning to Mayors' 2010 city budget,after a quick review of just one Department here's what I found: In the Department of Water Management alone the 2010 budget calls for
Commissioner - 1
Assistant Commissioners -16
Assistant to the Commissioner -7
Deputy Commissioners -6
First Deputy Commissioner - 2
Managing Deputy Commissioners -2
Assistant District Superintendents- 14
Projects Manager -2
Projects Administrators -4
Administrative Assistants -16
Contracts Administrator -2
and my personal favorite: Coordinator of Tugboat Operations @ $80,916 per year
the salaries for the above range from $157,092 to $54,108. This is just one Department,and the Mayor is talking layoffs for rank and file city employees? The Police and Fire Departments are still waiting for contracts for over 2 1/2 years yet these bloated positions are filled year after year
Typical Daley circle jerk. He moves the same know it all management people to other big jobs to do the same subpar work. No imagination, no creativity. Here is my prediction; six months after Superintendent Weis “resigns” Daley will hire him back to be the city’s new chief librarian. You heard it here first.
Barbara Lumpkin For Mayor!
Slogan:
I Bees Qualified! Richie Says So!
And how much will this consultant charge and who are they related too?
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/11/chicago-cops-look-at-beat-changes-again.html
Amazing and just what are her duties and how does her job description account for her earning that salary? had I been born a drunk irish lazy daley I would have it all in the city... have it all except for self respect and worth. I am glad I am who I am screw that rotten stealing cheating lying family power hungry punks
I hope they bring this up at arbitration meetings for our contract when the city cries broke.
Barbara Lumpkin:(noun) see Ron Huberman's career, also clout
only for the "QUALIFIED"
spending "our" money WTF! all the flowers and accident causing planters, the corner daley just bought s/e 6300 s. cicero to tear down for a park,the runways and terminals at o'hare the airlines don't want,all the cars daley bought for his personal fleet kept in the huge garage on 35th and shields! How much more? Now lumhead will she get another huge pension?
11/06/2009 10:52:00 AM
...teacher's pension better beware...she will try to siphon off their hard-earned pension like the civilian hacks who are trying to get into ours. Disgusting.
she's just being re-cyled, she will come to work in a blue bin.
When will a reporter ask Ron how he can keep someone employed who he entirely blamed for the Motorola $2M boondoggle while he was at OEMC. Huber said it was all Heigels fault, yet Heigel still makes more than $100,000 for CPS. Pathetic.
Next we'll get paid in script.
Anonymous said...
It can't be we are out of money!
11/06/2009 05:21:00 AM
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Shortshanks hates the Police, a trait he inherited from his Father, "Hog Jowls" He must have been caught in a very embarassing situation by a P.O. assigned to a foot post. I believe that's how an infamous "coat holder" rose to 1st Deputy, you old timers remember "J. T. "
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