us taxpayers have paid Maria Shriver $500,000 a year - yep

[donsu]

because Maria's "high profile and the demands on her for speaking appearances and TV, radio and newspaper interviews require a bigger staff," yes indeedy.


http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/16/BAGORF966J1.DTL



Staff for governor's wife costing taxpayers $500,000 a year

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Shriver doesn't hold elected office, but records show she does command a half-million-dollar-a-year staff -- which, depending on how you cut it, is anywhere from $60,000 to $180,000 more than what her predecessor, Sharon Davis, had.

Recently, Daniel Zingale -- a Democratic gay rights advocate who had been working on Controller Steve Westly's gubernatorial campaign -- was appointed Shriver's $123,255 chief of staff. When he takes over Nov. 1, he will be earning about $30,000 more than Davis' top aide, Trish Fontana, was paid.

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Then there's Shriver's $100,000-a-year press secretary and events coordinator, Terri Carbaugh. Her position, we're told, didn't exist during the Davis years.

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She also noted that Shriver pays for her own travel and stationery that she needs for responding to "tens of thousands of invitations and requests.''
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"tens of thousands..."

living it up in Calif.

(why do Californians put up with so much crap. is the Ca. media worse then the national?)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. In Arkansas, we put our governor in a trailer

while they were rennovating the Governor's Mansion. I think it was a triple-wide, and I hope to heaven it was leased. I don't think Hilary had that big a budget for her staff when she was Ferst Lady of AR.

[CrispyQ]

2. "I have my own money therefore I don't need other people's money."

Or some such repuke bullshit.

:puke:

[rucky]

3. What a WELFARE QUEEN! LOL

[Lilyhoney]

4. If I had a staff and a half mil budget,

I would get alot of stuff done.

[sam sarrha]

5. The Lord knows she Needs the Money..!!!