Take Me To Post Comment Form Recently Coastal Courier ran a story in which they disclosed some of our local officials wages. This was based on a 2009 Wage and Salary Comparison Data. It shows the City of Hinesville an annual wage of $145,473 to the City Manager Mr. Edwards, $103,548 to the Assistant City Manager Mr. Howard, $121,742 to the County Administrator Mr. Brown, $121,924 to the Downtown Development Autority CEO Mr. Toiley just to name a few.
How can a City population 30,152 (City Limits) and Liberty County population 58,491 justify these outrages wages to the Taxpayer, when the City's biggest Revenue (Income) is Property Tax 27.53% next to Sales Tax 23.21%?
They are supposed to be working for us!!!! Afterall our taxes are paying these outrages wages. Instead we are working for their lavish wages and wasteful spending of our Taxpayer's money. Such as Liberty Transit (annual cost $1.5 Mil), The New City Hall ($7 Mil), The new Public Works Bldg ($3 Mil), Bryant Commons Lease (not a donation), Bryant Commons (gestimated at $8 Mil and cost is rising) just to name a few of latest fiasco's. Has any of thIS created new jobs? The answer is NO. Infact furlows, raising of property taxes, layoffs where discussed to balance the negative Budget.
ALL of US (Taxpayers) need to speak up!!!! THIS HAS TO STOP!!