Many Boston Government Workers See 100K

The Boston Herald reports:

City payroll records - online today at bostonherald.com - show that 87 firefighters, 23 police officers and dozens of other high-ranking officials make base salaries in excess of $100,000. Boston Public Schools was not part of the Herald review, although new school Superintendent Carol Johnson will be the top paid city worker at $275,000, followed by Menino at $175,000.
The Boston Public Library has eight employees topping six figures, led by President Bernard Margolis, who makes $164,000 a year and Operations Director Ruth Kowal at $116,000. The library is also paying six figures to its chief financial officer, a map curator, a “facilities officer,” a “personnel officer” and two managers.
At the parks department, Commissioner Antonia Pollak makes $110,000 while her executive assistant Bernard Lynch gets $101,000.
The mayor’s payroll includes Chief of Staff Judith Kurland ($145,000) and policy czar Michael Kineavy ($135,000).
At the Department of Neighborhood Development, director Charlotte Golar Richie makes $122,000 while operations director Joanne Massaro makes $105,000.
The Administrative Services Department has 16 employees taking home six-figure salaries, topped by Director William Oates at $150,000. The department also has four executive assistants and two administrative assistants making more than $100,000, two of whom make $112,000.
A recent report by the taxpayer watchdog Boston Municipal Research Bureau found that nearly two-thirds of cops and 25 percent of firefighters earned more than $100,000 in 2006, including health insurance, overtime and other compensation.

Your tax increase is their pay raise,because they really don't pay taxes :they consume them.