Brickbat: Golden Goodbye

Los Angeles County's outgoing CEO, Fesia Davenport, received a $2 million payout after Measure G, a 2024 ballot initiative, turned her appointed job into an elected one, damaged her reputation. Davenport claimed the measure's language damaged her reputation by implying she'd failed in her role. She also said she deserved compensation for the retirement benefits she will lose because the measure cuts her time in that post short. The County Board of Supervisors approved the confidential settlement in a closed session, requiring her to drop any legal claims and avoid criticizing the county. Supporters of Measure G called the payout an abuse of taxpayer money and proof that reform was needed.

Comments

[Michael P]

That first sentence should be turned into an elected position for failing in its role. I assume the writer meant something like this?

Los Angeles County's outgoing CEO, Fesia Davenport, received a $2 million payout after she claimed Measure G, a 2024 ballot initiative that turned her appointed job into an elected one, damaged her reputation.

[Minadin]

Yeah, that was hard to parse.

[Wizzle Bizzle]

^^

Look, you can't expect Charles to write an entire paragraph a few times a week AND use decipherable grammar.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I guess voters should have added a no grift clause to their ballot initiative.

[Chumby]

Chief Extortionist Officer?

[Longtobefree]

"Davenport claimed the measure's language damaged her reputation by implying she'd failed in her role."

Based on reporting about LA county, I would say she did fail, and dramatically so.

On the other hand, 2 million seems a good price to be done with her.

[mad.casual]

And here's her clown face so that her gardener, mechanic, plumber, electrician, HVAC guy, various DoorDashers, and everyone else can keep in mind that she has an extra $2M of taxpayer money in her pocket whenever she needs work done.

You could probably get away with an explicit $1,000 former-county-CEO-retirement-fund fee without any friction, $10K is probably getting to the point where she would litigate if you weren't more subtle, but it would still wind up costing her.

[MollyGodiva]

To MAGAs: Why is Davenport getting $2M bad (it is) but Trump getting $230M ok (also bad)?