Summer Heat Continues To Bake The Sooner State
KTUL.com Newa Channel 8 Tulsa, Oklahoma
Posted: Aug 09, 2010 2:45 PM EDT
Oklahoma continues to bake under 100 plus degree temperatures Monday. The hot and humid weather that has been with us for several weeks isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Bell, California Again...
Benefits push Bell ex-manager's annual compensation to more than $1.5 million
Robert Rizzo's vacation and sick time totaled more than 28 weeks a year, the city discloses.
By Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, August 8, 2010
Former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo, whose $787,637 salary prompted widespread outrage, received an unusually lucrative package of benefits that increased his annual compensation to more than $1.5 million, according to city records.
Rizzo's benefits package for this year, which covers time off, retirement and medical and other types of insurance, shows he was entitled to vacation and sick leave that totaled more than 28 weeks a year.
The revelations come as the L.A. County district attorney's office and California attorney general's office are investigating high salaries received by Rizzo and other top city administrators as well as City Council members, four of whom earned nearly $100,000 a year before cutting their pay two weeks ago.
The documents provided by the city set Rizzo's total annual compensation at $1,540,299.96, which included some unspecified benefits.
A Times analysis estimated that Rizzo would collect an annual pension of more than $600,000 upon retirement.
On Friday, the city released documents showing that several department heads were earning more than $200,000, including two whose total compensation topped $400,000. Documents obtained by The Times also show that the city had made payments of more than $100,000 each to two officials in addition to their reported compensation.
The newly reviewed records show that when the benefits package is added, Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia's $376,288 salary more than doubles, to $845,960. Police Chief Randy Adams' pay jumps from $457,000 to $770,046 annually.
Spaccia was to have received $188,640 in vacation and sick pay and Adams $76,428, the records show. Adams, according to his contract, was to have received lifetime medical benefits for him and his family.
Robert Rizzo's vacation and sick time totaled more than 28 weeks a year, the city discloses.
By Jeff Gottlieb and Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, August 8, 2010
Former Bell City Manager Robert Rizzo, whose $787,637 salary prompted widespread outrage, received an unusually lucrative package of benefits that increased his annual compensation to more than $1.5 million, according to city records.
Rizzo's benefits package for this year, which covers time off, retirement and medical and other types of insurance, shows he was entitled to vacation and sick leave that totaled more than 28 weeks a year.
The revelations come as the L.A. County district attorney's office and California attorney general's office are investigating high salaries received by Rizzo and other top city administrators as well as City Council members, four of whom earned nearly $100,000 a year before cutting their pay two weeks ago.
The documents provided by the city set Rizzo's total annual compensation at $1,540,299.96, which included some unspecified benefits.
A Times analysis estimated that Rizzo would collect an annual pension of more than $600,000 upon retirement.
On Friday, the city released documents showing that several department heads were earning more than $200,000, including two whose total compensation topped $400,000. Documents obtained by The Times also show that the city had made payments of more than $100,000 each to two officials in addition to their reported compensation.
The newly reviewed records show that when the benefits package is added, Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia's $376,288 salary more than doubles, to $845,960. Police Chief Randy Adams' pay jumps from $457,000 to $770,046 annually.
Spaccia was to have received $188,640 in vacation and sick pay and Adams $76,428, the records show. Adams, according to his contract, was to have received lifetime medical benefits for him and his family.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Attention Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe
Heat blamed in 2 deaths as Midwest temps soar
KMOV.com
Posted on August 3, 2010 at 6:43 PM
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- At least two people have died due to recent blistering temperatures across the Midwest, and health officials urged residents Tuesday to keep an eye on those who could be vulnerable as the mercury continues to rise.
The National Weather Service issued excessive heat warnings for portions of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma through Wednesday night.
Forecasters said temperatures would approach 110 degrees in some areas. By late afternoon, they had already topped 100 degrees in many areas, including 101 degrees in Oklahoma City, 102 degrees in St. Louis, and 106 degrees in Wichita, Kan.
Little Rock, Ark., hit 107 degrees, breaking the previous record of 104 degrees set in 1987. St. Louis topped 100 degrees for the first time since Aug. 15, 2007.
On Monday, the 108-degree reading in Wichita, Kan. broke the city's old record of 106 degrees, set in 1970.
Arkansas was sweltering, too. Monday highs reached 107 degrees in Blytheville and 106 in Little Rock. Freedom, Oklahoma felt temperatures rise to 109 degrees, while it was 108 and 107 elsewhere in the state. Missouri was hottest in the southwest corner of the state -- Mt. Vernon reached 104 degrees Monday.
KMOV.com
Posted on August 3, 2010 at 6:43 PM
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- At least two people have died due to recent blistering temperatures across the Midwest, and health officials urged residents Tuesday to keep an eye on those who could be vulnerable as the mercury continues to rise.
The National Weather Service issued excessive heat warnings for portions of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma through Wednesday night.
Forecasters said temperatures would approach 110 degrees in some areas. By late afternoon, they had already topped 100 degrees in many areas, including 101 degrees in Oklahoma City, 102 degrees in St. Louis, and 106 degrees in Wichita, Kan.
Little Rock, Ark., hit 107 degrees, breaking the previous record of 104 degrees set in 1987. St. Louis topped 100 degrees for the first time since Aug. 15, 2007.
On Monday, the 108-degree reading in Wichita, Kan. broke the city's old record of 106 degrees, set in 1970.
Arkansas was sweltering, too. Monday highs reached 107 degrees in Blytheville and 106 in Little Rock. Freedom, Oklahoma felt temperatures rise to 109 degrees, while it was 108 and 107 elsewhere in the state. Missouri was hottest in the southwest corner of the state -- Mt. Vernon reached 104 degrees Monday.
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