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July 06, 2007
Money For Nothing (and your Snark for free)
God love John Wilson and his love child The Chattanoogan.com. Griscom hates it and has tried his best to get a piece of online Chattanooga's attention, but John and his ability to post news fast and, more importantly, throw up weird info that wouldn't work in a newspaper's format, has made him the King of the Net here in River City. Oh, the fact that it's free doesn't hurt either. ahem.
Of course, my rapture comes from the fact that Chattanoogans are pouring over his listing of the City of Chattanooga's salary structure. We all know it's public info and when you work at City Hall, you know that stuff could get plastered in the media, but it generally doesn't. Oh, the Mayor and his aides have to deal with it around swearing in time, but since they're making the big bucks anyway--too bad for them.
But this listing is sweet. Chattanoogans need to see this stuff--it's not secret, there's just never been anyone who'd put it out there like this. Rock on, John.
Here are some of the highlights from the list, with a little commentary from Yours Truly.
Ron Littlefield mayor $137,488 [Who would have thought you could do so much damage to a city's reputation and progress for less than 140K. Not bad for a C student. There's a lesson here kids. Don't do your homework, just network.]
Dan Johnson mayor's chief of staff $117,488 [That's Assistant TO the Regional Manager, my friend. Chief of Staff my ass. He's not even located in the same office as the Mayor. Ron, could you at least try to put on a show and pretend he's your #2 by putting his office in the Mayoral suite? We should have just put all the employees Ron had to hire to fulfill his campaign's back-room deals on one floor together. Or two. On the other hand, at 117K a year, I'm guessing he's dug himself out of bankruptcy.]
Beverly Johnson neighborhood services director $106,242
Steve Leach public works administrator $106,242 [$212,484 for the two of them?!? Appalling. One is virtually useless, the other a complete sycophant. I'll let you guess which is which. Actually, don't bother-they're both useless.]
Randy Burns management analyst $75,224 [Best bargain in the building. A genuine civil servant.]
Larry Zehnder parks and recreation director $103,746 [Probably worth that money.]
Missy Crutchfield education arts and culture administrator $98,470 [Does she still get that in singles and fives?]
Anita Ebersole deputy to the mayor $90,176 [Never in the history of campaign hangers-on has a campaign worker landed a better gig. Well played lady. Second place in this category used to go to MichMich. Hee! MichMich! Not on the list!]
Sandra Coulter manager civic facilities $56,656 [That last name can't help come promotion time. Kidding!]
Darde Long zoo supervisor $53,848 [Snake Lady! You go girl! I'd bring the snake with me for my annual review if I were you.]
Richard Beeland director of communications $50,485 [Dude! You got hosed! MichMich was bringing down like 20 Grand more than that!]
Hey! They forgot Rocky Raccoon! I believe the amount there is $100K.
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