{"id":2484,"date":"2020-02-17T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T18:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2020-02-17T15:20:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T22:20:47","slug":"democrats-condemn-wealth-and-greed-except-when-it-comes-to-their-preferred-bureaucrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2484","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Condemn Wealth and Greed Except when it comes to Their Preferred Bureaucrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Michael Palomba<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may have heard that MTS CEO Paul Jablonski is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">set to receive a massive increase to his <a href=\"https:\/\/transparentcalifornia.com\/salaries\/2018\/san-diego-metropolitan-transit-system\/jablonski-paul-chester\/\">$520,000 salary<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/2020\/02\/breaking-mts-board-votes-to-give-ceo-paul-jablonski-a-36000-bonus\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$36,000 bonus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, what you do not hear is Democratic outrage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To add insult to injury, San Diego\u2019s public transit system has been struggling with declining ridership for the past few years. So, the CEO of a system that only benefits a shrinking fraction of the population is making more money than the majority. All compliments of our tax dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You would think that a public official making far more than the average San Diegan would have Democrats up in arms. After all, their top presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, has a whole campaign support base enthusiastically shouting \u201ceat the rich.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is better than the eat the rich cookies. Anyone else have any Bernie baked goods that can compete? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MbJGfblf6d\">https:\/\/t.co\/MbJGfblf6d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; People for Bernie (@People4Bernie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/People4Bernie\/status\/1226606733218287617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So where are local Democrats like Nathan Fletcher, Lorena Gonzalez, and so many others who claim to fight for &#8220;The People\u2122?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nowhere to be found, of course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, in late 2019, Nathan Fletcher was unanimously elected as the new Chairman of the MTS board. So maybe it&#8217;s no surprise he advocated for Jablonski&#8217;s outrageous bonus. Fletcher&#8217;s wife, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, has also been uncharacteristically silent on the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This just showcases the utter hypocrisy of the left. They are against the rich, but only when it benefits them politically. When President Trump stays at his own resort, they cry corruption. But when one of their own gets a boost to their already $520,000 salary, it&#8217;s just business as usual. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember who and what you are voting for in the coming primary election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/146269332@N03\/48093598351\/in\/photolist-2ggSgez-2dvaRix-24hvs32-2dN2mB7-Mtae69-2dDS7N1-7km8dV-J1PQFb-8cQoj7-8cQorG-NBczVt-avzQEM-7GT5YQ-2w2ws-4ryvvD-cfuWhh-fDQMmo-aztvtR-aFyrht-6rWZa-rMtFd-6boCx9-Gj8sxH-2fxNVV2-WATzHX-2h9YN1x-HfcRiL-XXt7T1-27qtRRy-XPF5pg-K6FbEG-2ibdbt8-2a5CfPj-7U4hHR-26JHAa7-nvRwa8-6ECErT-bBB6ZA-aCdbC7-74YWhh-effmU-QjFs-E63T-SUSXAL-effjC-MqH3if-NeGNdN-Rf3Jhr-2ibdbyJ-25puDLJ\">Photo by Trending Topics 2019 via Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba You may have heard that MTS CEO Paul Jablonski is set to receive a massive increase to his $520,000 salary through a $36,000 bonus. However, what you do not hear is Democratic outrage.\u00a0 To add insult to injury, San Diego\u2019s public transit system has been struggling with declining ridership for the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Democrats Condemn Wealth and Greed Except when it comes to Their Preferred Bureaucrats - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=2484\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Democrats Condemn Wealth and Greed Except when it comes to Their Preferred Bureaucrats - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Written by Michael Palomba You may have heard that MTS CEO Paul Jablonski is set to receive a massive increase to his $520,000 salary through a $36,000 bonus. 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