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CONNECTICUT'S
COMMISSIONER OF HIGHER
EDUCATION IS BEING GIVEN A PAY
RAISE OF CLOSE TO 48-THOUSAND
DOLLARS.HOWEVER, NEWS 8 HAS
LEARNED THAT MICHAEL MEOTTI IS
NOT ACCEPTING THE MONEY. NEWS
THE STORY TONIGHT FROM OUR
HARTFORD NEWSROOM. JAMIE.
8'S JAMIE MURO, IS FOLLOWING
AFTER THE "CT MIRROR" FIRST
QUESTIONS AROSE AS TO HOW MORE
THAN TWO DOZEN BOARD OF
COLLEGE SYSTEM RECEIVED
SUBSTANIAL RAISES.BUT THE
THERE HAS BEEN MORE THAN FIVE
MILLION IN CENTRAL OFFICE
SAVINGS - MONEY THAT GOES
STRAIGHT TO THE CAMPUSES.
MILLION IN CENTRAL OFFICE
:14-:21STATE SENATOR BETH
BYE/(D) CO-CHAIR, HIGHER
EDUCATION CMTEGOVERNOR DANNEL
MALLOY/(D) CONNECTICUT
OPEN SHOT "CCSU" SIGN THROUGH
TREES)STATE MONEY DOESN'T GROW
QUESTION - IN YET ANOTHER LEAN
BUDGET YEAR, HOW DOES A STATE
EMPLOYEE FOR THE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM GET A 49-THOUSAND
DOLLAR RAISE? (12:40:01 -
THAT'S WHAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T
MAKE IN A YEAR...)SOME CCSU
STUDENTS ARE WONDERING THE
FEEL LIKE I'M PAYING HIM TO
GET PAID, INSTEAD OF MY
EDUCATION. IS HE GETTING MY
BOOK MONEY?)MICHAEL MEOTTI,
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT OF
REGENTS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION,
ORIGINALLY WAS AWARDED A 49-
THOUSAND DOLLAR RAISE TO HIS
YEAR SALARY. BUT WHEN A STORM
OF CONTROVERSY ERUPTED, HE
DECLINED THE INCREASE.
IS WHY WOULD HE GET A RAISE
LIKE THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE?)
STATE SENATOR BETH
BYE.CO-CHAIRWOMAN OF THE
HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE,
SAYS THE GOAL OF THE RECENTLY
MERGED COLLEGE SYSTEM, WAS TO
(14:59:49 - WE DON'T GIVE
COMMISSIONS FOR COST SAVINGS,
WE DON'T SPREAD THE MONEY
AROUND CENTRAL OFFICE, THOSE
THEY ALWAYS GO TO THE
MALLOY TOOK A NEUTRAL APPROACH
ON THE TOPIC...(GOVERNOR
MALLOY)(11:58:53 - THEY SAVED
ABOUT 5.5 MILLION DOLLARS,
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS
APPROPRIATE GIVING RAISES,
THEY'VE HAD SECOND THOUGHTS ON
THAT, THEY NEED TO RUN THE
SYSTEM, THE GOVERNOR DOESN'T
RUN THE SYSTEM, SOUNDS LIKE
THEY'VE ACTED.)SENATOR BYE
WANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON
HOW AND WHY THE RAISES WERE
GIVEN - FOR THAT MATTER - SO
DO SOME STUDENTS.(12:40:21 - I
DON'T THINK HE SHOULD HAVE
EVER TAKEN IT TO BEGIN WITH...)
DR. ROBERT KENNEDY, PRESIDENT
OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS,
RELEASED THIS STATEMENT TODAY.
IT READS, IN PART, "THE BOARD
OF REGENTS WILL BE REVIEWING
ALL OTEHR PERSONNEL SALARY
ADJUSTMENTS TAHT WERE MADE ON
THE BASIS OF ADDITIONAL
DUTIES, RESPONSIBLITIES, AND
ROLES ASSIGNED RESULTING FROM
DUTIES, RESPONSIBLITIES, AND
MEANWHILE, REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION
COMMITTEE, IS ALSO ASKING FOR
A STATE-WIDE WAGE FREEZE.