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John Chiang, our State Controller say he could not reprogram the State computers to change the amount of wages paid, per court order and order of the Governor.
"For the last seven years, demands that state worker pay be reduced when California has no budget have been met with a consistent response from union-friendly state controllers: Their computer can't do the math.
It's an argument that has outraged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, bemused computer experts and elicited the skepticism of various court judges especially as the payroll system has adapted to other complex programming tasks, such as calculating dozens of raises for unionized employees and slashing the pay of elected officials and their appointees to zero during Sacramento's budget crises.
Although many computer experts agree that the state's payroll system is antiquated and would be difficult to update, they also said reprogramming it to calculate the minimum wage for more than 200,000 workers probably could have been accomplished long ago and in a matter of months."
This man is a liar, and the lie is costing the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Anybody interested in bringing a compliant against him for lying in a court document? Or is it OK for a government official to lie?
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"For the last seven years, demands that state worker pay be reduced when California has no budget have been met with a consistent response from union-friendly state controllers: Their computer can't do the math.
It's an argument that has outraged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, bemused computer experts and elicited the skepticism of various court judges especially as the payroll system has adapted to other complex programming tasks, such as calculating dozens of raises for unionized employees and slashing the pay of elected officials and their appointees to zero during Sacramento's budget crises.
Although many computer experts agree that the state's payroll system is antiquated and would be difficult to update, they also said reprogramming it to calculate the minimum wage for more than 200,000 workers probably could have been accomplished long ago and in a matter of months."
This man is a liar, and the lie is costing the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
Anybody interested in bringing a compliant against him for lying in a court document? Or is it OK for a government official to lie?
More...