The chairman of the Detroit Institute of Arts maintained Wednesday that a compensation package of $625,185 is justified for his top executives and that county art authorities don’t have a say if private funds are being used to pay a majority of it.

Gene Gargaro appeared before the Oakland County Art Authority to present a list of raises and bonuses for his executive staff, and a $285,000 retirement severance and forgiveness of a $155,832 housing loan for director Graham Beal, who left the museum June 30.
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Oakland County commissioner John Scott, R-Waterford Township, said he was still moving forward with a resolution to block the raises. Late Wednesday, Scott's resolution was referred to the general government committee of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. Scott said he is asking Gargaro and members of the art authority to attend a Sept. 9 meeting to explain how bonus amounts were determined
The money is coming from private funds, but for some reason the OC outrage factory marches on.

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