From CBS4
JMH Willing to Pay Big Bucks for New CEO
"A committee involved in the search for a new president for Jackson Memorial Hospital said Thursday it was willing to pay “up to $975-thousand” for a new hospital chief.
"The actual salary will be determined once a new president is selected. With benefits and other bonuses the package could well exceed $1 million."
This is the type of fiscal attitude we have come to expect from the bankrupt Miami-Dade County, where financial mismanagement is dealt with by pouring more taxpayer money into a black hole.
That anyone in their right minds would suggest a million dollar package for a bureaucrat is indicative of the endemic lack of regard for taxpayer money that occurs at the County each and every single day. In the midst of a tenuous economic recovery, the County can offer million dollar packages because quite simply, it's not their money.
The last person to complain about this outrage is the one who many benefit from it.
Instead of looking out for taxpayer dollars, not a peep from County Manager George Burgess who has been floating his name to take over at JMH. Not a bad leap to go from $422,000 to over $1,000,000. And with his expertise at fiscal shenanigans, Burgess would continue the sound fiscal practices at JMH that have made the County such a paragon of fiscal accountability and restraint.
The residents and business leaders of Miami-Dade County have had enough of this playing fast and loose with taxpayer dollars, where public "servants" place their needs above those whom they serve.
March 15 will send a strong signal to politicians and bureaucrats: look out for taxpayers first, or you will be out of a job.
