And People wonder why the state, or federal government, for that matter is going broke. Let there be no doubt ignorance and greed. PURE STUPIDITY. No government or state can ever afford that . With that type of income they, should be responsoble for their own retirement fund, Not tax payers. If they can’t save on that type of income, for retirement. TOOOOO BAD. They expect poor people to survive on S.S.. Make them people try it. Pay into S.S. like everyone else with no gigantic retirement then maybe Seniors would have a better living . All state and Federal worker, who make that kind of money should be ashamed. To expect that kind of a retirement. $17,000.00 per month is criminal. Elderly on S.S. don’t make that a Year. how sad 6,000.00, a month.

your an idiot. spending your life in public service, holding an executive position and having a college degree is not equal to someone who bounced around from one crumy job to another their whole life. Also this person did contribute to their own retirement, the state also contributed but to say the whole amount is on the taxpayer is PURE STUPIDITY

Bob, I have been a public servant at the county level most of my adult life and let me tell you, I won’t be getting a monthly pension anywhere near $6-$17K.

This is ridiculous! Every agency I have worked for in 20 years in 2 counties is way too top heavy with upper management with 6 figure salaries, and perks like extra “management” leave on top of paid sick & vacation leave, phones, cars, insurance premiums, etc. This is why programs are bled dry. More money needs to be put into the services themselves and the frontline staff who provide those services. I don’t need 6 levels of management making 6 figures each to tell me how to do my job, especially, when they don’t even know what it is that I do.
By the way, I hold several degrees and could go live off the public trough of executive management if I so desired, but I refuse to sell my soul to the devil and many of my colleagues feel the same way. We do the work we do because we want to make a difference in our communities.

I see this guy on TV and he actually believes he deserves $17k per month. Unbelievable! It’s funny how he fled for retirement as soon as his salary came to light. A little research from Sac Bee shows “that Plotkin earned $290,000 in 2005-06, $353,000 in 2006-07 and $365,000 in ’07-08 plus the $175,000 bonus.” Pretty sweet gig for hosing the system and continuing to do so after his brilliant leadership left office. No wonder the State system is in the such a positive state.

Any amount from the tax payers to his retirement is absolutely insane. His wages was paid by the tax payers. So every penny was paid by the tax payers, his excessive wages and his retirement, PURE STUPIDITY! Nothing more nothing less, PURE STUPIDITY! BOB!

Just the tip of a melting ice berg, you can bet there are plenty more giving themselves outrageous retirement, the crooks who did all this in private with no accountability certainly have given themselves the same retirement package you know the good old boys and girls club, lock them all up they are criminals.