CWOPA Slry News 20111009 LocalPaOffcialsJoin100kClub

139 central Pennsylvania officials tout membership in the $100k club
By JAN MURPHY, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA

Published: Sunday, October 09, 2011, 12:00 AM
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/10/139_central_pennsylvania_offic.html
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School district superintendents make the list. So do principals. But surprises on the local government top-earners list in the capital region came from police officers,
firefighters, a borough manager and an athletic director. The first-ever snapshot of earnings paid out by 75 local government agencies in the Harrisburg area — county
governments, townships, boroughs, cities and school districts — shows 139 officials can tout membership in the coveted $100,000 Club.
Sixty-six others earning between $95,000 and $100,000 were close to knocking on that clubhouse door. The data compiled by The Patriot-News through Right-to-Know
requests is from the end of 2009. Many of the people on the list have since left their jobs.
But this survey shows the payroll for the 17 school districts, four county governments and 53 townships, boroughs or cities included in the survey totaled just over $755
million for nearly 23,000 full- and part-time employees.
Former Harrisburg School District Superintendent Gerald Kohn topped the list of salaries at $235,431. Following him was his former deputy superintendent Julie Botel,
who made $204,790. They were the only ones to top the $200,000 mark.
A few, including former Harrisburg fire chiefs Donald Konkle and Daniel Soulier, made the list only because their earnings included the leave pay-outs they received when
retiring that year, which they had accrued over decades of service.
Other city firefighters topped the $100,000 threshold because of overtime they incurred, some of which was associated with their service as part of the Pennsylvania Urban
Search and Rescue Task Force 1. Harrisburg city spokesman Robert Philbin said no city employee in 2009 or even today earns a six-figure salary.
Whatever the reason that landed people on this $100,000 list, taxpayers foot the bill, and many of them earn less.
The state’s median household income for 2009 was $49,501, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The newspaper’s local government salary survey showed 6,388
employees, or 28 percent of those who worked for county and local government and school districts that year earned more than that median income. The bulk of the local
government salaries fell between the $30,000 and $50,000 range.
A recent study of local and state government pay in Pennsylvania noted the highest of the top earners in the public sector in Pennsylvania don’t come close to highly paid
executives in the private sector, according to a recent study by the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. and labor-friendly Keystone Research Center in
Harrisburg.
For example, Kohn’s $235,431 salary in 2009 pales in comparison to the 2010 salaries of East Pennsboro Twp.-based Rite Aid Corp.’s chairwoman Mary Sammons, who
made $3.2 million, and The Hershey Co.’s former CEO David West, who made $10.5 million, according to AFL-CIO’s corporate watch website.
“The much lower pay at the top end of the public sector is why people never say: ‘I’m leaving the private sector to go make more money,’” said Stephen Herzenberg,
Keystone Research Center’s executive director.
While private sector pay may be higher, the public sector’s non-wage benefits tend to be more generous, according to the study’s author Jeffrey Keefe. But when the cost of
benefits and wages are combined, Keefe, an associate professor of labor and employment at Rutgers University, found the public sector’s total compensation to be on par
with that of the private sector.
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But Matthew Brouillette, president of the conservative-leaning Commonwealth Foundation in Harrisburg, argues it’s hard to determine whether government employees are
overpaid or underpaid compared to their private sector peers because the basis for determining pay levels differs. “In the private sector, supply and demand as well as
performance and results determine the value of labor, or what someone should be compensated. This is not the case in the government sector,” where seniority and in the
case of educators, degrees earned generally determine pay levels, he said.
Moreover, he said those non-wage benefits, including lower employee contributions to health care and better pension plans, that attract people to local and state government
jobs are becoming unaffordable for taxpayers.
“Taxpayers are struggling to afford those costs now, and that is even with pushing the burden out onto future generations through the financial manipulations of politicians
at both the state and local levels,” Brouillette said. Compared to the local government salaries to those paid by state government, it’s pretty clear working for the
commonwealth gives employees a better shot at a bigger salary.
A Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s state government salary survey from May found nearly 3,600 of 108,117 state workers making $5,000 or more per year earned $100,000 or
more. That compares to 139 out of 18,432 workers in the region’s local government arena earning $5,000 or more.
Even when looking at average salaries, state government employees earned more. According to the governor’s workforce statistics, state government employee salaries
averaged $47,821 in 2008-09, and $49,082 in 2009-10, while in the region’s local governments, the average employee salary was $46,541.
The local salaries included in the survey did not include county and district judges’ salaries since they are paid by the state.
At the bottom of the salary chart is Dauphin County’s Reed Twp. roadmaster Steven Allen, who earned $0 in 2009. Allen, whose hourly wage that year was $11, said the
township job is a part-time gig for him and it only earns him a paycheck when the township needs his services. That year, he said apparently no stop signs got plowed over
that needed replaced .
On the other end of the municipal payroll, the newspaper’s analysis shows six in 10 individuals earning $100,000 or more worked for school districts. Along with
superintendents, the six-figure earners include assistant superintendents, business managers, principals and other administrative staffers. The average pay in 2009 of the 16
superintendents included in the survey topped $142,500, which was higher than the state’s $125,087 average superintendent’s salary for that year, according to the
Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators.
But that organization’s executive director Jim Buckheit pointed out Pennsylvania’s average superintendent’s salary lags behind the national average of $155,631 for 2008-
09. A study done by his organization also found that Pennsylvania superintendents are generally responsible for larger budgets and more employees and students than their
counterparts in other states.
“So if you use those as benchmarks of responsibility and span of control, they get paid less but they are responsible for more than what superintendents around the country
are,” Buckheit said.
Dragging down the state’s average superintendent’s pay are the large number of small and rural school districts that pay their top executive in the $80,000 to $100,000
range, he said.
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Superintendents in the Harrisburg area tend to fare better than those elsewhere in the state because the midstate districts they serve tend to be larger than those in rural areas
of the state, he said. But there are exceptions such as Camp Hill School District, where former Superintendent Connie Kindler’s salary was right up there with her collegues
in the region.
“That community does express a very strong interest in maintaining very high quality schools,” Buckheit said.
Finding superintendents among the local government’s highest earners came as no surprise to Herzenberg. He attributed that to the fact that teachers and administrators tend
to be more educated than other local government workers.
But he also pointed out the Economic Policy Institute study also found that despite their higher level of education, teachers and other public sector workers earn less than
private sector workers with college degrees.
So despite critics who complain about big taxpayer-funded salaries being paid by government, Herzenberg concludes the newspaper’s survey found what the institute’s
study found: “working for government is not a way to get rich.”
Staff writer Diana Fishlock and former staff writer Lara Brenckle contributed to this report.
Dan Gleiter, The Patriot-News/file

Former Harrisburg School District Superintendent Gerald Kohn topped
the list of local salaries with $235,341.
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Municipalities In Database: Camp Hill

Camp Hill School District
Carlisle
Carlisle School District
Central Dauphin School District
Cumberland County government
Cumberland Valley School District
Dauphin County government
Dauphin Countyunty government
Derry Township
Derry Township School District
East Pennsboro School District
Hampden Township
Harrisburg
Harrisburg School District
Lebanon County government
Lower Allen Township
Lower Dauphin School District
Lower Paxton Township
Mechanicsburg School District
Middletown School District
Northern York County School District
Palmyra School District
Perry County government
South Middleton School District
Steelton-Highspire School District
Susquehanna Township
Susquehanna Township School District
Susquenita School District
Swatara Township
West Shore School District
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Municipality Earnings Full Name County Position

Camp Hill $111,179.06 Michael L. Hope Cumberland Sergeant
Camp Hill School District $161,945.35 Countynnie Kindler Cumberland Superintendent
Camp Hill School District $101,029.50 Christine Hakes Cumberland Director of business administration
Carlisle $106,348.00 Michael Keiser Cumberland Public works director
Carlisle $104,764.00 Stephen Hietsch Cumberland Borough Manager
Carlisle School District $139,484.80 Mary K. Durham Cumberland Superintendent
Carlisle School District $125,211.84 John W. Friend Cumberland Assistant superintendent
Carlisle School District $110,240.00 Thomas D. Longenecker Cumberland Director of finance
Carlisle School District $110,150.00 Karen M. Quinn Cumberland Director of curriculum and instruction
Carlisle School District $110,011.00 Gary R. Worley Cumberland Supervising high school principal
Carlisle School District $100,387.00 Wilfred P. Brousse Cumberland Principal
Central Dauphin School District $126,603.27 Richard K. Miller Jr. Dauphin Acting superintendent
Central Dauphin School District $118,627.93 Karen L. McCountynnell Dauphin Business manager
Central Dauphin School District $112,824.41 Matthew P. Sinopoli Dauphin Information technology director
Central Dauphin School District $112,809.83 Lucinda A. Radich Dauphin Professional staff director
Central Dauphin School District $112,622.99 Jesse Rawls Jr. Dauphin Principal
Central Dauphin School District $107,920.00 Mary C. Dougherty Dauphin Elementary principal
Central Dauphin School District $106,779.25 Robert G. Holbrook Dauphin Principal
Central Dauphin School District $106,502.84 Margaret E. Auten Dauphin Admnistrative supervisor
Central Dauphin School District $105,823.76 Carol Johnson Dauphin Principal
Central Dauphin School District $105,151.96 Robert D. Miller Dauphin Principal
Central Dauphin School District $103,425.86 Janet M. McCauslin Dauphin Supervisor
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Central Dauphin School District $101,065.51 James Miller Dauphin Principal
Central Dauphin School District $101,002.06 Mary Nardo Dauphin Principal
Central Dauphin School District $100,464.76 Deborah G. Stover Dauphin Principal
Central Dauphin School District $100,313.56 Thomas M. Toone Dauphin Principal
Cumberland County government $160,849.00 David Freed Cumberland District attorney
Cumberland County government $108,240.55 Dennis Marion Cumberland Chief operations officer
Cumberland County government $101,282.63 Candace Warren Cumberland R.N. supervisor
Cumberland Valley School District $166,504.90 William Harner Cumberland Superintendent
Cumberland Valley School District $130,933.09 Mary Riley Cumberland Assistant superintendent
Cumberland Valley School District $113,087.99 Michael Willis Cumberland Business & support services director
Cumberland Valley School District $109,301.52 Lynnette Snyder Cumberland Director of seCountyndary education
Dauphin County government $161,862.50 Edward M. MarsiCounty Jr. Dauphin District attorney
Dauphin County government $129,364.12 Dominick L. DeRose Jr. Dauphin Prison warden
Dauphin County government $123,077.20 Rolf W. Bienk Dauphin Chief deputy district attorney
Dauphin County government $112,317.81 Brenda S. Shaffer Dauphin Countyurt reporter
Dauphin County government $109,416.01 Stephen J. Suknaic Dauphin Director of Juvenile Probation
Dauphin County government $109,278.47 Francis T. Chardo Dauphin First assistant district attorney
Dauphin County government $108,324.31 Gary W. Grenoble Dauphin Youth program specialist
Dauphin County government $107,140.80 Gary A. Serhan Dauphin Chief deputy Countyntroller
Dauphin County government $105,914.42 Bradley A. Winnick Dauphin First assistant public defender
Dauphin County government $102,643.20 Thomas E. Guenther Dauphin Director of information technology
Dauphin County government $102,273.60 Kim S. Robison Dauphin Director of domestic relations
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Dauphin County government $100,831.21 Michael J. Yohe Dauphin Director of budget
Dauphin County government $100,228.00 Randy V. Baratucci Dauphin Director of purchasing
Dauphin Countyunty government $126,139.20 Kenneth A. Rapp Dauphin Chief public defender
Derry Township $144,610.05 James N. Negley Dauphin Township manager
Derry Township $110,359.20 William D. Smith Dauphin Chief Of police
Derry Township $100,890.96 David L. Holl Dauphin Lieutenant
Derry Township School District $157,175.00 Linda Brewer Dauphin Superintendent
Derry Township School District $122,580.00 Bernard Kepler Dauphin Assistant to the superintendent for personnel and student services
Derry Township School District $121,640.00 Michael Murphy Dauphin Principal
Derry Township School District $109,851.00 Lori Dixon Dauphin Principal
Derry Township School District $109,172.00 Samuel Elias Dauphin Athletic director
Derry Township School District $108,770.00 Sue King Dauphin Principal
Derry Township School District $108,462.00 Al Harding Dauphin Director of technology
Derry Township School District $107,511.00 Joe McFariand Dauphin Director of curriculum & instruction
Derry Township School District $103,791.00 Stephen Rineer Dauphin Business manager
East Pennsboro School District $118,898.90 Bruce Deveney Cumberland Superintendent
East Pennsboro School District $105,683.04 Stephen Andrejack Cumberland Principal
East Pennsboro School District $105,277.23 Jay Burkhart Cumberland Assistant Superintendent
East Pennsboro School District $104,175.99 Deborah McDonald Cumberland Principal
East Pennsboro School District $104,112.45 Robert Burgett Cumberland Business administrator
East Pennsboro School District $100,700.60 Craig Robbins Cumberland Principal
Hampden Township $110,988.66 Michael A. Andreoli Cumberland Police chief
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Hampden Township $101,700.94 Harry K. Clay Jr. Cumberland Lieutenant
Harrisburg $195,226.59 Donald Konkle Dauphin Fire Chief
Harrisburg $173,840.72 Margaret Hayes Dauphin Recreation Director
Harrisburg $165,383.35 Charles Kellar Dauphin Police Chief
Harrisburg $162,049.67 Robert Kroboth Dauphin Chief of Staff/Business Administrator
Harrisburg $158,809.02 Tina Manoogian-King Dauphin Parks and recreation director
Harrisburg $155,163.17 Daniel Soulier Dauphin Fire Chief
Harrisburg $144,297.16 Thomas Murray Dauphin Senior deputy chief
Harrisburg $142,154.24 Joseph Link Dauphin City engineer
Harrisburg $137,041.57 Michael Yanich Dauphin Public works director
Harrisburg $134,822.85 Daniel Hartman Dauphin Acting fire chief
Harrisburg $132,631.47 Robert Strasbaugh Dauphin Firefighter driver/operator
Harrisburg $128,161.03 David Eiceman Dauphin Fire captain
Harrisburg $125,048.10 Leroy Wentz Jr. Dauphin Chief deputy Countyntroller
Harrisburg $116,821.53 Steven Ketterer Dauphin Tax & enforcement administrator
Harrisburg $116,017.82 James Close Dauphin Public works director
Harrisburg $112,935.75 Edward Nielsen Jr. Dauphin Director/Mayor's Office of Special Projects
Harrisburg $110,683.16 Daniel Leppo Dauphin Director of the Department of Building and Housing Development
Harrisburg $110,003.27 Willis Shrauder Jr. Dauphin Fire captain
Harrisburg $107,417.30 Kay Ann Wetzel Dauphin Senior assistant to the mayor
Harrisburg $104,058.88 Donald Pelton Dauphin Fire lieutenant
Harrisburg $103,848.94 Douglas Bair Dauphin Fire lieutenant
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Harrisburg $102,400.52 Clifford Karlsen Dauphin Police sergeant
Harrisburg $102,117.19 George Schwarz Dauphin Vehicle management center director
Harrisburg School District $235,431.00 Gerald W. Kohn Dauphin Superintendent
Harrisburg School District $204,790.00 Julie Botel Dauphin Deputy superintendent
Harrisburg School District $141,813.00 Gale I. Tapper Dauphin Assistant superintendent
Harrisburg School District $139,917.00 Sybil N. Knight-Burney Dauphin Assistant superintendent
Harrisburg School District $136,537.00 Rebecca E. Hostetler Dauphin Assistant superintendent
Harrisburg School District $123,600.00 Jeffrey S. Bader Dauphin Business manager
Harrisburg School District $104,233.00 Mark E. Holman Dauphin Director of human resources
Harrisburg School District $102,532.00 Stuart Kermes Dauphin Director of career and alternative education
Harrisburg School District $100,606.00 Keith E. Imboden Dauphin Special education supervisor
Lebanon County government $160,860.00 David J. Arnold Jr. Lebanon District attorney
Lower Allen Township $100,569.92 Jeffrey Huff Cumberland Criminal investigations supervisor
Lower Dauphin School District $132,067.08 Sherri Smith Dauphin Superintendent
Lower Dauphin School District $102,551.02 Donald W. Kensinger Dauphin Director of pupil services
Lower Paxton Township $119,400.00 George Wolfe Dauphin Township manager
Lower Paxton Township $101,572.00 David Johnson Dauphin Public safety director
Mechanicsburg School District $148,325.77 Joseph Hood Cumberland Superintendent
Mechanicsburg School District $120,810.23 Mark Leidy Cumberland Assistant superintendent
Mechanicsburg School District $116,881.13 Leonard Ference Cumberland Principal
Mechanicsburg School District $116,372.30 Alan Vandrew Cumberland Assistant to the superintendent/chief financial officer
Mechanicsburg School District $104,962.38 Kathleen Luft Cumberland Administrator
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Mechanicsburg School District $101,538.13 David Harris Cumberland Administrator
Mechanicsburg School District $100,348.63 Robert Kauffman Cumberland Administrator
Middletown School District $143,284.63 Richard Weinstein Dauphin Superintendent
Middletown School District $115,814.31 Lori Suski Dauphin Assistant superintendent
Northern York County School District $110,000.00 Linda Lemmon York Superintendent
Palmyra School District $136,526.76 Larry R. Schmidt Lebanon Superintendent
Palmyra School District $117,582.44 Countyllene R. Van Noord Lebanon Assistant superintendent
Palmyra School District $109,372.66 Darcy J. Brenner-Smith Lebanon Director of business affairs
Palmyra School District $107,842.92 Gary R. Zellner Lebanon Director of elementary education
Perry County government $160,850.00 Charles F. Chenot III Perry District attorney
South Middleton School District $139,917.31 Patricia Sanker Cumberland Superintendent
South Middleton School District $126,470.49 Sandra Tippett Cumberland Assistant superintendent
South Middleton School District $111,840.12 Richard Vensel Cumberland Administrator
South Middleton School District $108,564.69 Barbara Alitto Cumberland Administrator
South Middleton School District $107,935.65 Frederick Withum Cumberland Principal
South Middleton School District $104,977.15 Joseph Mancuso Cumberland Principal
Steelton-Highspire School District $130,625.00 Deborah Wortham Dauphin Superintendent
Susquehanna Township $104,620.75 Robert Martin Dauphin Chief of Police
Susquehanna Township $102,786.57 Richard Pastucka Dauphin Police lieutenant
Susquehanna Township School District $140,275.00 Keith Volkman Dauphin Superintendent
Susquehanna Township School District $113,293.44 Steven Houser Dauphin Assistant superintendent
Susquehanna Township School District $107,100.00 Susan Kegerise Dauphin Superintendent
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Susquenita School District $121,770.18 Daniel W. Sheats Perry Superintendent
Swatara Township $101,903.36 David Bogdanovic Dauphin Police chief
West Shore School District $135,000.00 Jemry L. Small York Superintendent
West Shore School District $112,852.48 Joan C. Anderson York Director of business affairs
West Shore School District $107,522.48 David M. Zuikoski York Assistant superintendent
West Shore School District $105,735.50 Thomas C. Burnheimer York Director of pupil services
West Shore School District $103,623.00 Robert G. Detz York Principal
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COMMENTS:
Anonymous October 09, 2011 at 1:43AM

A Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s state government salary survey from May found nearly 3,600 of 108,117 state workers making $5,000 or more per year earned $100,000 or
more. That compares to 139 out of 18,432 workers in the region’s local government arena earning $5,000 or more. OK -- what state workers make $5,000 a year? Is
thevPatriot including part time wrkers?
hgunwilltravel4 October 09, 2011 at 6:24AM

Thanks to Jan Murphy and The Patriot News for pointing out this self-enrichment, which is a travesty against the taxpayers/homeowners! I believe in fair compensation, but
not at this magnitude, especially when the United States is slipping further down on the world stage in education achievements and the government entities at all levels are
spending out of control! The 17 school districts is not a surprise! The only way to slow down this spending juggernaut is to put it out of business! A good start is with
vouchers, and then privatize all school districts and decertify the teachers unions! I have been ranting about the $100,000 and it's nice to see some light shed on them, but
like a venomous snake their spending and self-enrichment mindset is strong and they will strike again! Unless we unite and stop them by pointing out this tyranny like the
bonusgate uproar! Keep the light shinning bright on this gang, because snakes function best in the dark!
FaKingBamBam October 09, 2011 at 6:54AM

Can Occupy start protesting at school district administration buildings?
go2gal October 09, 2011 at 8:06AM

Not difficult to see why Harrisburg is in a fiscal mess when you see the salaries it is paying its public "servants."
jgibbons October 09, 2011 at 8:28AM

Several of the Harrisburg City employees figures included separation pay, which is compensation for unused accumulated personal/vacation days and sick days.
joegus October 09, 2011 at 9:03AM

Look at the cost of the instability of the district and the cost of the incompetent replacements of the district over the years. That should be the focus of the real problem.
Throw all the money around you want. If you keep ripping the system apart, it will soon fall apart. Perfect example: Harrisburg School District
ummduh October 09, 2011 at 10:50AM

Just goes to show you, you don't always get what you pay for.
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Never comprise truth October 09, 2011 at 11:04AM

Here is another example of the fraud that has been perpetrated against the city of Harrisburg that involved Reed and Piccola. Piccola drafted special legislation then to give
Reed control of the school district and Reed used the school budget to give contracts to his croonies and give Kohn a high salary for failure. The test scores are the lowest in
the state. Did Piccola step in while the school district was going down the tubes with Reed in Control? Where was the leadership? And now elected officials have been
handcuffed into Act 47 with out the option of bankruptcy because Piccola again drafted special legislation to prevent it and now new legislation takeover control of the city
of Harrisburg, There is a pattern here! It is balantly clear what is at hand here. There are people who have there hand in the cookie jar and they have friends in high places.
The smoke screen that is being used is Linda Thompson and City Council to conceal the fraud and corruption that took place during Reed's tenure. How anyone in their
right mind could say that Reed was a good leader are out of their minds. This man lead the city into the financial mess that it is in today. But where was Piccola, the
Dauphin County commissioners and other concerned ciitizens who protested outside City Hall against Linda. This country has a dirty little secret and is racism and no
matter how much people say they are tried of hearing about the race card, there are poeple who are tired of being affected by it, as well. What was done by Piccola was done
because the majority of the people are black. And unfortunately, the blacks in Harrisburg are apathetic about what is being done, so Piccola and his narrow-minded state
reps will get away with tatics used on blacks in the deep south in the 50's and 60's. One last thing, if Piccola and his croonies are so interested in Harrisburg, why isn't he
crafting special legislation to start an investigation into how the city got into the financial mess? Also, I noticed a couple of days ago that there were two articles in the
Patriot News about a state rep and a staffer who committed fraud and corruption yet there were only 5 responsesl. However, the article about Linda Thompson generated 40
or 45 responses. Why?
Tell the Truth October 09, 2011 at 11:12AM

In what bizarro world does the Park and Recreation Director make over a $160,000? This is an outrage! These salaries in Harrisburg are sickening.
losekey October 09, 2011 at 11:36AM

Now that The Patriot News (Jan Murphy) took the time to investigate/publish this greed, which is a microcosm of the greed which permeates this Commonwealth/Country!
What our we going to do about it? Sit by and let them keep direct depositing this unearned tribute? Or speak up loud clear and shout: "NO MORE PAY INCREASES!"
"HOLD THE LINE ON SPENDING!" "NO MORE FEES!" NO MORE TAX INCREASES!" "PRIVATIZE THE SCHOOLS!" DECERTIFY THE UNIONS!" The Public
Sector likes to point out the large amount of money that the Private Sector is be compensated with! There's one big difference between the Public Sector and the Private
Sector. The Private Sector earns their compensation off of profits, while the Public Sector are bottom feeders that get compensated by someone else's blood, sweat, and
tears! The other huge difference between the Private/Public Sector is this fact- of - life! In the Private Sector you earned your compensation, Or Get The Hell Out! Or You
Will Be Thrown Out! Your not protected like the Public Sector, who gives sub-standard performance/effort and then they are still rewarded with yearly pay increases,
bonuses (unearned), and guarantee positions for life! This tyranny must end or this country will explode and it starting to happen now!
elaine108 October 09, 2011 at 12:17PM

No one working for Linda Thompson desires the salary they are getting as communications director or any other special assistant. I notice that the idiot police chief was not
listed. What does he make $99,000.00 What a waste of taxpayer money.
memberpl October 09, 2011 at 12:28PM

I didn't realize that principals, mayors, superintendents, city spokesmen, and other politicians were members of unions. I always learn something inaccurate on Pennlive.
concreteliteral October 09, 2011 at 1:55PM

I would appreciate a story by a PN reporter who actually shadows one of these public employees for a few weeks. I suspect there is much more behind the salary.
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onemorevoice October 09, 2011 at 5:52PM

That article pointed out exactly what I have written negative postings about several times over the past months. The teachers & administrators are raking in a huge amount
of money per year! It's at the tax payer's expense and we don't have a leg to stand on when it comes to protesting being raped by the school district for huge tax increases
each year. Does it impact the tax-payer's day to day life?? Of course it does, especially when you are on a fixed income, out of work, on disability, or just a blue-collar
worker with a family who lives pay check to pay check!! You are at their mercy so that these teachers/principals/administrators can be listed on the "Over $100,000" club!
It's a disgrace and it is time for a means to stop it! I strongly believe that tax-payers should be able to have control on what and how their tax dollars are spent! Enough,
enough!!!
watermelon4u October 09, 2011 at 7:04PM

concreteliteral, You made a very good point, they should be shadowed! To start, if many state administrators were shadowed, taxpayers would learn exactly how they start
their days; by coming in late yet paid as if they showed up on time. They would also learn many don't work Monday mornings and many leave early Friday afternoons. Ms.
Murphy, this past Friday was a beautiful day. How many six figure (total compensation package) state administrators or for that matter any state employee do you believe
were at their desk until quitting time, five o'clock, and, how many were paid for the full day's work without being charged for their absences (charged any type of leave)?
jgibbons, brought up the issue of "unused" time, "separation" pay, which brought a question to mind. An audit of a past Harrisburg administrator was done after it was
reported his separation pay was hundreds of thousands of dollars. What ever came out of that audit? Separation pay is an issue that should be investigated on every level of
government. Double-dipping is nothing new to government workers, nor is theft of services. When a public employee is absent from work and paid for the time absent but
not charged against their sick, vacation, or personal leave they are wrongfully receiving compensation and fraudulent leave records are being kept. Upon retirement they
receive pay for ALL their cumulative leave time, resulting in double-dipping; paid for time they were once already paid for. When considering all levels of government,
illegally millions are being paid out to government workers for double dipping and/or theft of services. Also, ever since PA state government installed the SAP program
were workers keep track of their own leave, it has never been easier. Maybe, workers should go back to the days of punching a time card!
onemorevoice October 10, 2011 at 7:54PM

I stated "teachers & administrators" but did not specifically state or intend teachers by definition! I was addressing my objection to the district costs to tax-payers to
subsidize school district staff, including teachers! Examples: ADMINISTRATORS & PRINCIPALS: Kindler, Supt. CHSD $171,945 & Hakes, CHSD Business
Administrator $101,029; Riley, Asst Supt CVSD $130,933; Andrejak EPSD Principal $105,683 & McDonald, Principal $104,175; Robbins EPSD Principal $100,700.
These are individuals in our school districts who are making large amounts of money from tax-payer dollars. Teachers are also paid from tax-payer dollars. Your point
obviously is that "teachers in the classroom" are not listed, however the districts are paying out large amounts of money to administrators to "oversee" management of the
district and its teachers. The cost of education is rising beyond the ability to "keep up" & these salaries are an example of why we are hit so hard with tax increases which
include teacher contract increases. It is hard to justify this issue in our depleted economy, more than any time that I can remember; and the tax payers are the ones who can't
keep up by supporting these school district salaries.

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By JAN MURPHY, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA

Dan Gleiter, The Patriot-News/file

Municipalities In Database: Camp Hill

Municipality Earnings Full Name County Position

Municipality Earnings Full Name County Position

Municipality Earnings Full Name County Position

Municipality Earnings Full Name County Position

Municipality Earnings Full Name County Position

Municipality Earnings Full Name County Position

Municipality Earnings Full Name County Position

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