March 28, 2005: Headlines: Staff: Politics: City Government: Election2005 - Hardberger: Woai: Mayoral candidate Phil Hardberger says a proposal to pay San Antonio's new city manager up to $300,000 a year is 'ridiculous'
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March 28, 2005: Headlines: Staff: Politics: City Government: Election2005 - Hardberger: Woai: Mayoral candidate Phil Hardberger says a proposal to pay San Antonio's new city manager up to $300,000 a year is 'ridiculous'
Mayoral candidate Phil Hardberger says a proposal to pay San Antonio's new city manager up to $300,000 a year is 'ridiculous'
Mayoral candidate Phil Hardberger says a proposal to pay San Antonio's new city manager up to $300,000 a year is 'ridiculous'
Hardberger: $300k for City Manager "Ridiculous"
LAST UPDATE: 3/28/2005 10:17:05 PM
Posted By: Jim Forsyth
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Mayoral candidate Phil Hardberger lit into his two opponents in the May city election today, saying a proposal to pay San Antonio's new city manager up to $300,000 a year is 'ridiculous' and is evidence that neither Julian Castro nor Carroll Schubert is capable of negotiating 'with the interests of the taxpayer in mind.'
1200 WOAI news, in a series of stories last week, pointed out that a $300,000 salary, which has been proposed by Mayor Ed Garza with the support of several on council, would make San Antonio's next city manager by far the highest paid in the nation,
In a wide ranging news conference, Hardberger released a four point proposal called "My Vision for a Better City Government," which includes public safety, parks and natural resource preservation, flood control and traffic improvements. But he used the issue of the city manager's salary to draw stark differences in fiscal responsibility between himself and Castro and Schubert, both of whom are wrapping up four year terms on city council.
"Nobody who has done much negotiating would consider anything like that," Hardberger said, adding that Schubert and Castro are the 'poorest group' possible to negotiate the best deal for taxpayers.
"They have no successful experience in working out differences, and working on the give and take at the negotiating table, and I've been doing that all of my life."
Hardberger also cited the $35,000 a month contract with the city's new interim IT director to fix an $89 million computer system that he says city council members 'should have known' was not working well.
"The candidacies of my opponents are defined by the last four years of inaction on city council, not the last four months of empty promises they've been making all over the city."
He said there are recommendations within the Citizens Commission on City/County Service Integration which would 'save the taxpayers money,' but he said Schubert and Castro have 'allowed them to languish on their desks for eleven months.'
"This is beyond my understanding why they would not be interested in these recommendations," Hardberger said.
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