The Cognitive Dissonance and Selective Deficit Disorder in the Budget at CCSF

            Reading David Sirota's article on cognitive dissonance and selective deficit disorder ( February 7, 2014, page A14), I couldn't help thinking of our beloved City College of San Francisco, where faculty have faced a big cut in salaries but where the pay scales of certain administrative jobs were to receive a 19.3% boost.  Sirota spoke of the stress that's supposed to come to those who hold oxymoronic views, pleading poverty as they slash retiree benefits and food stamp programs but whose "selective deficit disorder" enables them to subsidize the special interests of corporations.  He ends by saying that modern politics is not really a battle between Democrats and Republicans but one between those with lots of money and those with comparatively less.  This segued into Nanette Asimov's article about the three recently hired vice chancellors at CCSF who are being paid 10 to 13 percent more than the salaries posted for their jobs.  Faculty and other administrators are being paid 4 percent below what they were paid in 2007 and 2009, respectively.    Is the hidden aspect of the vice-chancellors’ salaries a sign that those making budgetary decisions are aware of their own selective deficit disorder?