Gov’t House Pay Eats 58% of Payroll Budget
The Government House payroll for the Virgin Islands consumes 58% of the entire government payroll budget, which was estimated at $18 million during September’s budget hearings.
We’ve attached the payroll roster as it existed on October 2, 2009 in a couple of formats – one from highest to lowest overall and the other by office (Governor and Lt. Governor), salary and job title.
Draw your own conclusions – but the total salaries represented on this list equal $10.456.141 – and if the number we heard during budget hearings was accurate, that the government payroll is estimated at $18 million – then this represents 58% of the total government payroll.
The job titles are also quite interesting. There are executive assistants who are paid more than licensed professionals; appraisers and financial examiners who make less than some clerical staff; and even a “Special Assistant for Special Projects” making $85,000. We’d love to read that job description.
We’re borrowing money in the hundreds of millions of dollars toward “future” revenue and existing in a deficit spending position that grows worse every day. Sound fiscal management doesn’t square with the information we see here.
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This list is inaccurate and outdated. While it may be an editorial website, that doesn’t give CIF the right to post nonsensical information. This list is truly years old. Either post the correct information or go work for the Enquirer.