An excellent tidbit from the Miami New Times posted to their blog yesterday.
In case you missed it:
Setting the County Record Straight
If you're still on the fence about recalling Mayor Carlos Alvarez and County Commissioner Natacha Seijas, we present to you a list of the highest paid county executives forwarded to us by a loyal reader:
1. Burgess - $422,118 *
2. Alvarez - $315,462 **
3. Assistant County Manager Alina Hudak - $264,343
4. Assistant County Manager Ysela Llort - $260,970
5. Assistant County Manager Alex Munoz - $199,941
6. Executive Assistant Henry Sori - $167,472
7. Special Assistant Howard Piper - $158,054
8. Communications Director Vicki Mallette - $136,019 ***
9. BNC Regional Coordinator Suzanne Salichs - $123,931
10. County Manager Assistant Matthew Pinzur - $119,488
11. County Manager Assistant Ana Bustamante - $115,147
12. County Manager Assistant Mario Morlote - $114,719
13. Mayor's Scheduler and Assistant Delivette Gonzalez - $110,337
14. County Manager Assistant Liliana Collazo - $110,166
15. Mayor's Special Advisor Luis Andre Gazitua - $107,110
16. County Manager Assistant Lourdes Gomez - $105,679
17. Policy and Legislative Affairs Director Robert Villar - $104,428
* Burgess is the highest paid county manager in the nation. His salary, which is determined by the Mayor, exceeds that of the President of the United States.
** Does not include Alvarez's FRS pension (approximately $200,000 each year) that he currently receives after retiring from his MDPD Director position. According to his most recent financial disclosure report, Alvarez has a net worth of $1.74 million despite having only worked in the public sector during his career.
*** Alvarez gave Mallette a 54% pay increase after telling taxpayers that everyone must make sacrifices.
This of course follows the now infamous post by Random Pixels showing that over 3,000 county employees are compensated in excess of $100,000.
