One in an occasional series examining government spending as California copes with recession.
To its defenders, the California Integrated Waste Management Board is a national leader in protecting the environment by increasing recycling and reducing the glut of garbage in landfills.
Its detractors call it a high-salaried recycling bin for termed-out politicians and political insiders.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has yet to blow up many bureaucratic boxes, wants legislative approval to junk the waste board and the $132,178 annual salaries for its six appointed members.
His proposal comes barely two months after Schwarzenegger and the Legislature appointed termed-out lawmakers Carole Migden, Sheila Kuehl and John Laird to the board.
The plan would eliminate a perch for political appointees reaping sweet pay and benefits for duties that government watchdogs say could be done on a half-time basis or less.
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/politics/story/1644887.html
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