Georgia legislature wants lottery to crack down on bonuses

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Littleoldlady — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:22:06 GMT

I wonder if it had been a man would they have complained so loud. If SHE is the top dog, SHE should get the money. The bonus doesn't seem to be out of line to me...I could see if they gave her 1,000,000. Rebecca got way more than that.

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konane — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:40:06 GMT

Her salary and bonus together didn't equal the salary ($600K) of our former lottery director, Rebecca Paul Hargrove, who's now heading up Tennessee's lottery.

I never saw Paul-Hargrove bonus amount published but it probably deserved the same microscopic examination bonuses are getting now. Someone please correct me but it seems that Paul Hargrove and her highly paid staff had bonuses totaling in the millions.

However, since Ms. DeFrancisco's bonus is based upon performance and she did tak... [ More ]

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ThatScaryChick — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:25:18 GMT

DeFrancisco's check of $236,500, combined with her $286,000 salary, allowed her to make about four times what Gov. Sonny Perdue earns. However, Perdue could veto anything that wins legislative approval, because he would be giving up the exclusive power to appoint the lottery board.

Something doesn't seem right she got a $236,500 bonus. That seems to be an awful lot to get just for working with the lottery.

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chasingadream — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:40:14 GMT

sounds like the governor is a lil jealous

Georgia legislature wants lottery to crack down on bonuses

Lottery Post — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:20:59 GMT

Lawmakers are moving to increase legislative oversight of the Georgia Lottery Corp. because of anger about the $3 million in employee bonuses the organization handed out last year.

The House Higher Education Committee on Thursday passed a bill giving legislative leaders the authority to appoint two-thirds of the Lottery Corp. board.

Currently, the governor appoints the board, which oversees the corporation and approves its budget.

The legislation, which would require the new board to ap... [ More ]