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I have to wonder what would happen to most people if they worked for another paid job while they are supposed to be working for a company. How many would get fired for such behavior? In this case, Glen Becerra works for SCE (Southern California Edision), according to his web page, "Glen is employed as Chief of Staff for the Local Public Affairs Division of the Southern California Edison Company". A letter to the editor a long time friend tells that Glen Becerra is doing City work while at SCE. In this case, all of the SCE customers are paying his salary and if he does not have enough work to do at SCE, then perhaps they should save some money (reducing the rates that we pay) and eliminate his position or get someone who will actually work for them.

http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2010-10-15/Letters/City_Council_is_not_a_parttime_job.html

Glen is in city-related meetings and phone conversations to constituents throughout the day, including when he is at his job. - Brian D. Iverson

There are some additional issues with this, such as what do you have to do in order to get a Council member's cell phone number? Do you have to be a campaign donor? I also have to wonder why they don't seem to understand that they need to fix the real problem. Mike Sedell earns a lot of money, especially when you add in the benefits, so why are the Council members getting calls instead of the City staff dealing with the problems? If the Staff can not deal with the problems, as they are paid to do, then perhaps they need to be replaced with someone who can do the job.

I have to say that the math in terms of hours is interesting. Glen Becerra claims to work two full time jobs, be on the private boards, which is most likely a paid position, and volunteers with many organizations. How can all of this be done with the limited hours in a week? Something just does not add up.

According the the Simi Valley web page:

The City Council is responsible for the following functions:

Establishing policies regarding the operation of the City.

Taking measures to protect the City's health, safety, and welfare.

Enacting laws necessary for governing City affairs.

Authorizing contracts on behalf of the City.

Adopting the City's annual budget.

Representing the City at all levels of government on matters pertaining to the City's operations.

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Written: 08-Dec-2010

Updated: 08-Dec-2010

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