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Mayor Bowser says D.C. could begin reopening next week - POLITICO

This week, our award is going to the city leadership of the nation’s capital, for continuing to lobby for a coronavirus bailout package that would exceed $3 billion, while spending more than $1 billion annually on some of the most exorbitant government salaries in the nation.

Like most other American cities, the District is required to balance its budget annually. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, city officials are claiming a $1.5 billion budget deficit and asking Congress for $3.15 billion over two years to alleviate the city’s financials woes.

The mayor of the capital, for instance, is paid $220,000 annually, which tops the salary of any state governor. Moreover, there are at least six other employees in Mayor Bowser’s office who earn more than any governor.

D.C. City Council members make roughly $141,282 per year, which is more than what's paid to members of any state legislature in the country. And the chairman of the D.C. city council, Philip Mendelson, takes home $210,000 per year, which tops the pay for every member of the U.S. Congress, except House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's $223,500.

The chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) makes $273,156 annually, a higher salary than any four-star general in the United States military makes. Open the Books identifies seven MPD officials making more, often much more, than the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security ($179,700).

D.C. public school students do not exceed a 35% proficiency rate in any standardized test subject, yet the system's chancellor earned $280,000 last year. The U.S. Secretary of Education takes home a comparatively paltry $199,700.

The report identified 77 PR professionals across city government whose average salary landed in the six-figure range.

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https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/dc-public-officials-paid-excess-1-billion-annually-city

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  • Fraud and the inability to live on a budget is the biggest problem of all the blue states. DC is full of corrupt and/or incompetent politicians. Start with cutting all salaries by 50% - we should not bail them out of their problems.  

    • Political office has mostly been a "get rich quick" scheme for black politicians since the days of Adam Clayton Powell

    • It has been a "get rich scheme" for most politicians -- Pelosi, Shifty Shiff, Nadler, the Clinton(s), Gore, Biden, the Bushs etc.etc

      Corruption is not a black or white thing it is a political (lawyer) thing

      We need term limits and real accountability AND REAL CONSEQUENCES!

  • Holy smoke! Some of us should run for their jobs‼️

  • Our Government is out of Control State & Federal TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE because of Coronavirus Pandemic groceries prices have risen, our taxes will be  higher, lost many Jobs, stopping spread of the Gospel by putting restrictions on Churches ( no more then 50 people;wear mask;social distancing required.} it's ok to protest & burn, loot, distroy property  & lives but you can't Worship God according to your belief THIS  IS SOCIALISM, FASCISM, COMMUNISM not the LAND OF THE FREE.

  • DC's financial woes are not the result of the coronavirus. Their problem(s) are a direct result of corrupt and incompetent district leadership. As such, they should not recieve any further taxpayer assistance. Why should we fund and reward their malfeasence.

    Although unskilled at fiscal management, it would appear that Mayor Bower and her cronies are well versed in helping themselves to the district's treasury. Big surprise  -- another examplet of Democrat leadership working for the people. 

  • OMG! How could this sneak up upon us? Who is watching the Hen House? These saparies need to be reduced considerably before asking for a damn dime from Taxpayers.

    Take a Hike DC (Otherwise known as Disctrict of Corruption)

  • Looks like D.C. needs to reevaluate the salaries which could save several million, but that is a far cry from the billions they want.

  • TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE.   NO MORE ELECTING THE SAME PEOPLE.  THE FEW GOOD ONES WE HAVE WE NEED OTHERS GOOD RIDDANS.

    WE ARE NOT ATM MACHINES.

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