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In reply to the discussion: Mayor abruptly slashes wages to minimum for Scranton City Workers [View all]KansDem
(28,498 posts)From the Times-Tribune--
Accountability
Not that the supermajority didn't have a point.
The SPA <Scranton Parking Authority> is a ticking time bomb of mismanagement and bad debt. Its incompetent board and administrators were hand-picked by Mr. Doherty <the Mayor>. I actually gasped when I learned that SPA executive director Bob Scopelliti was being paid $83,200 a year and had an expense account.
His salary was cut Wednesday by 18 percent to $68,250, which seems awfully generous for the head of an authority that has amassed $100 million in debt and can't pay its bills. Again, the mayor's salary is $50,000. The median household income in Scranton is about $39,000.
http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/editorials-columns/christopher-j-kelly/chris-kelly-scranton-s-only-real-hope-could-be-the-apocalypse-1.1327685
Looks like it's time for austerity!