GPB producer quits in protest of Rogers' hiring, salary
Fifteen-year employee at Georgia Public Broadcasting says hiring of former State Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, whose $150,000-a-year salary ranks second at GPB, “stinks of cronyism.”
A little more than a month after former State Sen. Chip Rogers resigned his seat to take a high-paying job with Midtown-based Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), an executive producer and 15-year employee at GPB has quit in protest, saying the hiring of the former State Senate Majority Leader “stinks of cronyism.” Rogers began his $150,000-a-year job as a executive producer on Tuesday at GPB, located at 260 14th Street. Late last year, GPB announced it was launching a new initiative in which it would facilitate coverage of economic development and jobs in Georgia. Rogers was hired to spearhead the initiative with a statewide, weekly radio program that will examine current economic development trends and highlighting companies that are …
Patrick
8:22 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012
Here is your answer.. He was paid to "go away". http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2012/12/05/lets-be-honest-chip-rogers-is-being-paid-to-go-away/ more ›