The Post has an article today on the expenses that are being covered by the government for Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence Small, including $48,000 that he spent on two chairs, a conference table, and some upholstery. While I generally may cut the Smithsonian some slack for being a fine outfit that does lots of good for the DC area, $31k on Berkeley Stripe upholstery is a getting a bit insane. Not to mention that was just part of $160k that he spent on redecoration of his offices. It just strikes me as odd how executive compensation works in this case.
This post appeared in its original form at DC Metblogs
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