Bottom Of The Barrel

Is 120k low enough for us?

In an effort to reduce the backlash she has gotten over her new job with the state, Marian Walsh has said she has requested a 31.4% pay cut. This would reduce her ridiculous salary from 175k to a mere 120k per year. This may help reduce the public friction we have seen and heard about government spending but I expect many people will still be less-than-satisfied that the Governor still finds it necessary to fill a position that has remained empty for more than a decade while he continues to ask residents to pay higher taxes and tolls around the state. Although it seems that the public pressure is not lost on our Governor who has recently stated he was going to look into the inflated salaries and perks at the Bay State’s 52 quasi-independent agencies. Additionally he said he was wrong to label the Walsh controversy and a series of other excesses amid hard economic times as "trivial." "Uncle, uncle," Patrick said. "I wish I never uttered that." I would imagine other executive director's like Benson Caswell [HEFA] and Robert Culver [MassDevelopment], who currently earn 225k and 280k respectively, are soon to come under the same salary scrutiny as Mrs. Walsh has. Perhaps this issue and recent reports shown on the local news will really force the Governor to really look hard at the budget before he simply says the state is done all they can and must ask the citizens to give more and more money to them.

Labels: Massachusetts

posted by TheWino @ 1:51 PM