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“Antonovich spokesman Peter Whittingham said the cost of the executive lunches are appropriate, especially when the supervisors are hosting candidates for top county management jobs.”
This mentality cuts to the heart of the problem. Incoming top managers are shown from the very start to expect the lavish spoils of county management. No wonder they later exhibit such little sense of frugality with public funds.
TED SINGER, El Monte
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