Other people’s salaries
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- June
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The Journal News’ ongoing investigative series examining the top 50 wage earners in each municipality continues to generate controversy depending upon which town finds itself in the spotlight.
This time, it’s Stony Point, and the list is dominated by police officers.
Weighing in in support of full disclosure of the salaries information, most readers expressed displeasure with the high salaries at the top of the list. Here’s one reader’s take on the information:
Everyone out there comfy with cops making $200,000 a year? … Give me a break. Now we all know why taxpayers in this area are ready to pull their hair out.
Another had this to say:
These salaries are too high. But the towns are at fault, too. They are agreeing to pay these high salaries and pensions.
And a third added:
Towns must come to face the fact that taxpayers just cannot afford these salaries and benefits. … The unions are out of hand and must be stopped or there will be a taxpayer revolt.
Others are saying that they have no problem with what the police are making. Here’s what one reader thinks:
If anyone deserves high pay it is the police. They are the real heroes.
While another chimed in a little more forcefully:
Enough cop and teacher bashing! These people are working hard to protect us and educate our children. They deserve to get paid well to deal with a whiney ungreatful public.
Readers also had a few suggestions for how to change the pay structure of municipal employees:
If civil service employees makes more then the people paying their salaries (taxespayers) then you end up with a very unstable and negative result. Their pay should be based on the average salary in town,
one reader offered.
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on Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at 2:17 pm by Tracey Princiotta.
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