Polk County is paying way too much for their local government

[Jimmy McGill]

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...hreatened-colleagues-john-norris/77543005007/

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

Sounds like a Jerry Springer episode but one thing stood out.

salary is $296,688 a year.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Sounds like a Jerry Springer episode but one thing stood out.

salary is $296,688 a year.

Ridiculous amount of compensation

 

[uihawk82]

Ridiculous amount of compensation

It is way too much for a city of 300,000k or so. I mean you could easily find very good people to fill this job for $170K

I live in Des Moines and it is sometimes without logic around here.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

It is way too much for a city of 300,000k or so. I mean you could easily find very good people to fill this job for $170K

I live in Des Moines and it is sometimes without logic around here.

The term civil servant means something to me

 

[Tenacious E]

It is way too much for a city of 300,000k or so. I mean you could easily find very good people to fill this job for $170K

I live in Des Moines and it is sometimes without logic around here.

These are county jobs for a county of 500k. With that being said, I also live here and frankly, I had no idea all of this nonsense was going on.