Santa Clara City Attorney Gets $242,000 With Resignation. Santa Clara City Attorney Helene Leichter will pocket an extra $242,828 upon her resignation, effective January 1, thanks to the largesse of the Santa Clara City Council. She also will receive $18,034 for unused vacations and sick pay, and will remain on paid personal leave (thus maintaining benefits and accruing time toward a government pension) through the end of this year.
Santa Clara Mayor Pat Mahan said, "It was a simple letter of resignation and we accepted it, of course." There was no explanation why the council agreed to give away hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money. (Source: San Jose Mercury News, October 31.)
Cal-Taxletter, November 13, 2009
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