"This has never been done before in Michigan. Because we don't sell public officials," Washington added. "As far as I'm concerned, this is one step removed from accepting money in a paper bag."
Under his one-year contract extension approved in March by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Bobb receives $56,000 from the Los Angeles-based Broad Foundation. The Broad Foundation paid Bobb $28,000 last year. The sources of the remaining $89,000 in this year's contract were not identified. But the W.K. Kellogg Foundation said this week it's chipping in $39,000 to retain Bobb in Detroit, compared to $56,000 it gave him last year. It is unclear who else is paying the remaining $50,000. The governor's office has yet to release the names of the other donors.
From The Detroit News:
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100521/METRO01/5210404/1409/METRO08#ixzz0ohlbzD9DPosted: May 22, 2010
Bobb, Detroit school board duke it out in court
In a separate lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Judge Susan Borman said she will give a decision in writing next week as to whether Bobb can legally get supplemental pay from nonprofit groups.
The activist group By Any Means Necessary and the school board accuse Bobb of taking funds from organizations that have an interest in starting charter schools. Competition with charter schools is a top reason for DPS struggles.
Bobb's base salary is $280,000, up from $260,000 last year. But he has said he will take a $21,000 cut because he cut the pay of other administrators. As part of his contract, Bobb receives $145,000 from the Los Angeles-based Broad Foundation and other groups.
http://www.freep.com/article/20100522/NEWS05/5220315/Bobb-Detroit-school-board-duke-it-out-in-courtSo where are all the posters who whined about how overpaid teachers are? Surely they can work up some outrage over this? Bobb makes more than three times as much as the average teacher with many years experience and never has to spend a second teaching. Nice gig!
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