ARROGANT TRANSIT EXECUTIVES REWARD THEMSELVES WITH HUGE BONUSES THEN ASK FOR TAX INCREASE

The agency spent $1.74 million on such bonuses last year, twice the $870,368 doled out in 2012, according to UTA salary data analyzed by The Salt Lake Tribune.

The biggest individual bonuses for executives rose to $30,000 each, up from $25,000. That came on top of compensation packages, including benefits, that in some cases already topped $300,000 a person.

In comparison, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’s total compensation package in 2013 was $151,294 — less than half of some UTA executives — with no bonus included.

"The public’s perception of what goes on with UTA’s management salaries and bonuses definitely would be an impediment" to legislators allowing a UTA tax increase on the ballot, said Rep. Johnny Anderson, R-Taylorsville. This year, he sponsored and nearly passed HB388, which would have done just that.

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