The $5,000 Rusty AwardOn May 7, 2009, the Orange County Human Relations Commisssion honored the UC-Irvine Olive Tree Initiative at its annual awards event.
http://uci.edu/2009/03/feature_oti_award_090318.php
And what an event it was. The below document was obtained as part of a public records request.
Here is my question: The Orange County Human Relations Commission, under the leadership of its empty-suit CEO, Rusty Kennedy, receives $300,000 in tax payer money every year, courtesy of the OC Board of Supervisors. If they are getting $5,000 per table at their awards dinners, they obviously are dealing in big bucks on their own. Why do they need $300,000 from the tax-payers every year?
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You have a good point about the money. But as long as the OCHRC is in the awards business, I applaud them for recognizing the excellent work of OTI. We agree in this matter on the structural parameters of government -- this is work for voluntary citizen advocacy, not taxpayer-funded officials -- but we differ on what we would voluntarily recognize as good.
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