Dems cleaning up in Wisconsin

[racer254]

Big raises in the Evers administration. 

http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2019/02/evers-cabinet-secretaries-get-double-digit-raises/?fbclid=IwAR0LU6XnVEORdMk0bsUrwJzBeF-N8ygSKsGBvdE6wZCfcaYdrreA8h-Uhgg

 

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers’ cabinet members are earning significantly more than their predecessors, according to executive branch salary information obtained by MacIver News Service in an open records request.

Transportation Secretary-designee Craig Thompson will make $145,017 per year, a 23 percent increase compared to his predecessor Dave Ross, who took home $117,254.

Many of the Democratic governor’s key appointees received double-digit salary increases, according to the state Department of Administration spreadsheet of cabinet salaries. 

Speaking of the DOA, Evers’ pick for secretary, Joel Brennan is taking home $152,755 a year, about 20 percent more than former Gov. Scott Walker’s DOA Secretary, Scott Neitzel, according to 2017 salary information. Neitzel left that post in 2018, and was succeeded by Ellen Nowak, who made $132,000,  according to reports. That’s 15 percent more than Brennan, who will earn just $1 less than his boss. Evers is set to make $152,756 annually, according the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Brennan ran Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s failed bid for governor in 2002 and his successful mayoral campaign two years later. He most recently served as head of the nonprofit Discovery World, a science and technology museum in Milwaukee.

Evers’ Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm is pulling in $150,009, about $22,000, or 17 percent, more a year than Walker’s last DHS Secretary, Linda Seemeyer. 

Palm served in the Obama administration as senior counselor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Before that, she worked for five years as health policy advisor to then-U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton. 

Palm’s No. 2 at DHS, Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk, will make $136,801, making her one of the highest paid officials in Evers’ cabinet. 

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Transportation Secretary-designee Craig Thompson will make $145,017 per year, a 23 percent increase compared to the salary of his predecessor, DOT Secretary Dave Ross, who took home $117,254 annually when he started in 2017. Factor in a 2 percent raise for Ross in 2018, and Thompson would still be making more than 20 percent more than his predecessor.

Thompson led the Transportation Development Association before being tapped as Evers’ choice for transportation secretary. 

State Rep. Joe Sanfelippo questioned the hefty salary bumps in the executive branch. The West Allis Republican said the increases were “unheard of” but not surprising coming from a governor who has already proposed billions of dollars in additional spending in advance of his biennial budget plan, expected to be released later this week.  

“It’s just emblematic of what I expect to see coming out in the budget Thursday,” Sanfelippo said. “(The governor) has no regard for how hard taxpayers have to work and he’s proving it by just throwing money around left and right.” 

Department of Natural Resources Secretary-designee Preston Cole will pull down nearly $147,000 a year, a 15 percent increase over his predecessor, DNR Secretary Dan Meyer, who made just over $127,000 annually.  

Peter Barca, Evers’ pick for Department of Revenue secretary, will haul in nearly $145,000, an 18 percent increase from the previous secretary, Richard Chandler. 

Secretary salary ranges are set in the state Division of Personnel Management 2017-19 Classification and Compensation rules established by Chapter 111 and Chapter 230, in Wisconsin statutes, and the associated Administrative Rules. Officials from the DPM did not return MacIver News Service’s multiple requests for comment on the cabinet members’ salary increases. 

The Department of Workforce Development Secretary-designee Caleb Frostman will receive an annual salary of $140,000 a year, a 15 percent increase from his predecessor, Ray Allen, who earned $122,470 a year. 

Department of Financial Institutions Secretary-designee Kathy Blumenfeld gets an 18 percent salary increase, taking home $135,012 annually. That’s a $20,000 boost from what Walker administration DFI Secretary Jay Risch earned.

And Evers’ Agriculture, Insurance, Veterans Affairs and Tourism directors will all make $130,000 annually, in some cases, thousands of dollars more than their predecessors. The tourism post comes with an 18 percent salary increase.  

The double-digit raises are a departure from the Walker years.

In 2011, when Walker took office, a majority of his cabinet members earned less than Gov. Jim Doyle’s secretaries, according to a salary comparison published at the time by the Isthmus.

In 2011, when Walker took office, a majority of his cabinet members earned less than Gov. Jim Doyle’s secretaries, according to a salary comparison published at the time by the Isthmus, a Madison-based liberal news organization. In most cases, when Walker cabinet secretaries did receive wage bumps, the increases were relatively small, $2,000 or less.  Walker’s deputy secretaries were, in general, paid more than Doyle’s, but, overall, cabinet level salaries were lower under Walker.

On the campaign trail last year, Evers said he wanted lawmakers to be paid the same as first-year teachers, or about $37,000 a year. The salary for lawmakers is $52,999, a 4 percent increase in the previous biennium.

Evers didn’t say anything on the campaign trail about raising cabinet member salaries by more than 20 percent.

Edited February 28, 2019 by racer254

[Jimmy Snacks]

What is it you homos always say...elections have consequences or some such shit.

[SnowRider]

Non issue that Mouthbreathers like Doe Dumber focus on.  

[XC.Morrison]

 

[racer254]

1 minute ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

What is it you homos always say...elections have consequences or some such shit.

That's the best you got?  I expected a little better from you Jimmy.

[Jimmy Snacks]

24 minutes ago, racer254 said:

That's the best you got?  I expected a little better from you Jimmy.

Your OP doesn't even deserve the response I gave.....just humoring you a little.

[racer254]

4 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

Your OP doesn't even deserve the response I gave.....just humoring you a little.

Sure it does, BIG RAISES for the Evers admin.  They deserve it.  LOL

[Jimmy Snacks]

1 minute ago, racer254 said:

Sure it does, BIG RAISES for the Evers admin.  They deserve it.  LOL

So you've moved on from Teachers to state officials....lemme guess....your dad advised you on this.

[racer254]

It really proves the agenda.  20 percent raises, woo hoo.

[xtralettucetomatoe580]

Just now, racer254 said:

It really proves the agenda.  20 percent raises, woo hoo.

Did you do any other research? Are those numbers in line with other states and pay for secretary level staff? Or do you just look at the increase and immediately think, “OH MY GOD!!!” 

[racer254]

1 minute ago, xtralettucetomatoe580 said:

Did you do any other research? Are those numbers in line with other states and pay for secretary level staff? Or do you just look at the increase and immediately think, “OH MY GOD!!!” 

LOL  Is that how you justify a 20% increase in political salaries due to an admin change

 

[XC.Morrison]

9 minutes ago, racer254 said:

LOL  Is that how you justify a 20% increase in political salaries due to an admin change

 

Dude, a year ago you were running around the forum claiming the American people were enjoying bonuses and 20% raises thanks to the Trump admin change so miss me with that shit.  

[racer254]

1 minute ago, XC.Morrison said:

Dude, a year ago you were running around the forum claiming the American people were enjoying bonuses and 20% raises thanks to the Trump admin change so miss me with that shit.  

Please, show my posts if you can and by the way this is Public vs Private, look it up.  Do you understand the difference?  Good God.

Edited February 28, 2019 by racer254

[XC.Morrison]

Just now, racer254 said:

FFS, Public vs private, look it up.  Do you understand the difference?  Good God.

Please, tell the class why public pay shouldn’t keep pace with private pay.  

[SmeeAgain]

There's a spy on that list....

[racer254]

Just now, XC.Morrison said:

Please, tell the class why public pay shouldn’t keep pace with private pay.  

LOL.  Where I have ever said that? 

[SnowRider]

Just now, racer254 said:

LOL.  Where I have ever said that? 

Two posts ago   your OP?   

You’re a jealous fuck who has bone to pick with public employees.  Go fuck yourself bro 👍

[racer254]

To count yourself among the top 5% of wage earners in the USA, you need to bring in an annual salary of at least $130,000

 

Edited February 28, 2019 by racer254

[SnowRider]

Just now, racer254 said:

To count yourself among the top 5% of wage earners in the USA, you need to bring in an annual salary of at least $130,000

 

So.....what’s your point? 

[racer254]

1 minute ago, SnowRider said:

So.....what’s your point? 

Continually sticking up for the wealthy as long as they are part of the Dem party.  Constant hypocrisy.

[SnowRider]

Just now, racer254 said:

Continually sticking up for the wealthy as long as they are part of the Dem party.  Constant hypocrisy.

Oh.....how so?  

[racer254]

 

In 2011, when Walker took office, a majority of his cabinet members earned less than Gov. Jim Doyle’s secretaries, according to a salary comparison published at the time by the Isthmus, a Madison-based liberal news organization. In most cases, when Walker cabinet secretaries did receive wage bumps, the increases were relatively small, $2,000 or less.  Walker’s deputy secretaries were, in general, paid more than Doyle’s, but, overall, cabinet level salaries were lower under Walker.

 

Edited February 28, 2019 by racer254

[SnowRider]

11 minutes ago, racer254 said:

 

In 2011, when Walker took office, a majority of his cabinet members earned less than Gov. Jim Doyle’s secretaries, according to a salary comparison published at the time by the Isthmus, a Madison-based liberal news organization. In most cases, when Walker cabinet secretaries did receive wage bumps, the increases were relatively small, $2,000 or less.  Walker’s deputy secretaries were, in general, paid more than Doyle’s, but, overall, cabinet level salaries were lower under Walker.

 

You keep digging  

[xtralettucetomatoe580]

4 minutes ago, racer254 said:

LOL  Is that how you justify a 20% increase in political salaries due to an admin change

 

So no, no you didn’t. Funny, you are some pretend fiscal conservative here when it comes to pay and you can look at the other side, but in the federal govt it’s nothing but crickets. Some days I wonder how you and JT can outdumb the other. 

[xtralettucetomatoe580]

This shit is pennies compared to poor budgets. I have no problem paying key state officials like fucking department secretaries at least a fraction of what a C suite exec with the same power and scope would make in the private sector. Find me a fucking Exec making $130K overseeing a department the size and scope of a governmental one like those on the list, and a 20% increase on $120k is fucking chump change. Lol no wonder dumb fuck Racer didn’t post it as “Evers department secretaries are making $24k more than Walkers... Why becuase that’s nominal and irrelevant. But 20%!!!! OH NOES!!!