tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post2843246837321971286..comments2024-03-28T13:11:43.470-07:00Comments on Elk Grove News.net: The Crunchers. A tale of the poor budget managers who must crunch the numbers at City HallUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post-46174698818883608172020-05-15T09:23:08.274-07:002020-05-15T09:23:08.274-07:00Great Op Ed D.J. Love the fact that many EGN read...Great Op Ed D.J. Love the fact that many EGN readers and contributors have very good city of Elk Grove institutional memories. . .especially since the Elk Grove City Council suffers from governance and taxpayer-money-spending amnesia. <br /><br />Not to mention all of the taxpayer money consistently going to Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard for the outsourcing of the city's legal fees. <br /><br />The Elk Grove City Attorney's Office has four attorneys. Why? What do they do all day? Play Words with Friends? As reported in <i>The Sacramento Bee</i> just yesterday, $250K alone has been paid out to Kronick Moskovitz for legal fees for the aquatics center lawsuits.<br /><br />Let's also not forget that City Attorney Jon Hobbs was a partner at Kronick before taking the city attorney's job. Hobbs seems to farm out a lot of legal fees to his former firm. Again why? Begs the question: Does Hobbs have a deferred comp account with Kronick, and as is done with other law firms, current legal fees fund deferred comp accounts. Could the same be happening with Kronick and all of those billable hours Hobbs is generating for Kronick? Fair questions? After all it is taxpayer money. . .though you would won't it know by the way the Elk Grove City Council spends taxpayer money like water.<br /><br />Bottom line: The Elk Grove City Council members are ultimately responsible for every taxpayer dollar misspent by the city. Do they even know how much money is going to Kronick? Bet not!Eye on Elk Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912443616239693675noreply@blogger.com