Ever heard of too many cooks, Mayor? Bloomberg spends $245,000 of taxpayers' dough employing THREE chefs at Gracie Mansion

[WestVirginiaRebel]

UK Daily Mail:

When Mayor Bloomberg came into office there was just one executive cook at Gracie Mansion to make the VIP feasts.

Today there are three - costing taxpayers a whopping $245,000 this year.

And despite the big spending cuts the mayor has ordered across every city agency, too many cooks won't be spoiling the broth at the city-owned mansion.

According to figures revealed by the New York Daily News, his longest-serving man in the kitchen, Feliberto Estevez, picks up $97,000.

His pastry chef Jerry Montanez who was hired in 2007 is paid $68,000 while Jose Velazquez is on $80,000 after getting a $10,000 pay rise last July.

Last autumn, there were cutbacks in the police, fire and schools and there are more job losses to come across the board.

Although the 69-year-old billionaire Bloomberg prefers to live at his upper East Side townhouse, he does a lot of entertaining at Gracie Mansion.

His spokesman Jason Post said there had been a rise in 'barbecues and receptions for agency employees and for representatives of different communities around the city.'
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Well, Hizzonor could at least say that his chefs don't use salt or sugar...

[Saltbag]

Sometimes I just want to move to New York, so I can move away in protest. But hey, they vote these people in! The denser the population is, the denser the population is.

 

We have a few people that have to go in Virginia. Senators Warner and Webb with their party line Obamacare vote hopefully put a nail in their coffins. But overall, I'm proud of my state.

 

 

So, when we bail out New York (and Califoria, et.al.) do we get to vote in their state? Sounds like taxation without representation to me.