Turrialba Mayor’s Salary Increase Sparks Controversy

The salary of the mayor of Turrialba, Carlos Eduardo Hidalgo Flores, generated controversy within the Municipal Council, when it was revealed the previous week that he instructed the analysis to improve his salary due to a “material error” and that the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) did not approve the related budgetary adjustments. His monthly salary remained at ¢3.211,000 from March. He was assigned a note of 1,000 points and each w…