Not right time to hike mayor’s pay
To The Item Editor:
While I can empathize with the relative low pay given to the Mayor of Lynn given the financial struggles facing the Lynn Public Schools, including the potential $92 million construction of the new Marshall Middle School and possible loss of $7 million in state aid, any pay increase would be fiscally irresponsible at this time.
Increasing the mayor’s salary will automatically trigger a cascade of payroll adjustments. At the present time, increasing payroll should not be such a priority. It seems to be highly hypocritical since she fought so valiantly in court to establish the current base salary level. The realities of the court proceedings make it highly unlikely that we will ever recoup the overpayments.
Stanley Wotrin
Once the video of last night's school committee meeting is up in the district's website, you will be able to watch and listen to what the Mayor had to say about net school spending issue. I will tell you lay offs on the city side were mentioned, including police and firefighters. I will have to re-watch the video, but I am pretty sure the city going bankrupt was also mentioned as a worst case scenario. With these and others as possible situations facing the city, how can our city council even be thinking about, nevermind meeting and discussing, enormous raises to the Mayor and themselves?
ReplyDeleteMy letter was written befire last night's meeting and any comments by the Mayor!
ReplyDeleteI know, but I am sure everything that the Mayor mentioned last night had previously been discussed with the City Council at some point. Yet they are still talking about enormous raises!
DeleteWho is going to make me a sign? Perhaps a petition is in order, too.
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