Justin E. wrote:
Some might find this current "Southwest Journal" article interesting
as they make their choices for who to vote for in the primary. It's
interesting how top City administrators are getting $10-18,000 pay
increases (on base salaries of $114-129k) while City workers are
capped at 2% (making$25-30k). I guess they must be doing a super
great job and working extra hard. See if you work hard, you'll turn
you're City's economy around, provide for police and fire along with
other essential services, and contribute to a general optimism about
the City's leadership. Oh, wait, sorry I was starting to believe
rhetoric and not reality for a minute there...scratch that last sentence.
Bob writes:
No "administrator"'s work is work that much; especially when they are
NOT on the front lines delivering public services.
The same problem exists in the Hennepin County bureaucracy. Thanks to
our current legislature, also, since they changed the law that capped
public official's salaries to either 90 or 95% of the Governor's salary
(I can't remember which; when your are over six figures, it doesn't
matter much anyway, does it?).
So...our Hennepin County Administrator, Sandra Vargas, collects more in
salary than the Governor of the ENTIRE STATE. Of course she is Latina',
so I can't go doggin' my peeps, right? WRONG. While workers who
delivered the services, the FRONT LINE in public service, got the big
goose egg (2004 - 05), the Commissioners and top administrators got FAT
(or phat?) guzzling at the public trough.
This is another bargaining year. Workers are expecting to get rewarded
for constantly meeting the 'do more with less' challenge and keeping the
County's world-class service delivery standard.
None of us is expecting to pull down the bucks that Ms. Vargas is, but
we hope that we can get support from the other work-a-day folks that are
finally coming to their senses about WHICH public employees REALLY have
it made. Hint: it ain't the workers, y'all.
FULL DISCLOSURE: there was one lone vote on the 24th floor /against /Ms.
Vargas' latest salary boost:
Peter McLaughlin.
Bob Velez
Shingle Creek 4-1
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