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BREAKING NEWS: Documents show Hardin asked for pay boost, advised secrecy Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 LITTLE ROCK - University of Central Arkansas President Lu Hardin asked the UCA board for early payment of a $300,000 bonus that Attorney General Dustin McDaniel has since said likely violated state law, according to documents obtained by the Arkansas News Bureau. The documents show Hardin also asked for an additional $150,000 annually in deferred compensation and advised the board it did not have to disclose either action publicly. Hardin says today he asked for the pay boost only after board members asked him to suggest a compensation package that would be consistent with what top officials at comparable universities receive. Hardin returned the bonus money, less taxes, last week and said today the board did not act on his deferred compensation request. He said he regrets advising the board it could act without public disclosure and in the future will advise openness. "Even if it's deferred compensation, it will be with total transparency," he said. |
