PoliticalChic
Diamond Member
I'm putting this tale of woe in Economy because there is no Contemporary Insanity forum.
We've all heard these stories that are true, and you know they're true,....but you can't believe they're true?
OK....here goes: NYC is made up of five boroughs. Each has a library system....and I can attest to how wonderful the Brooklyn one is.
Each borough has a President of the Library.
Guess how much, in taxpayer dollars, each Library President makes.
Go ahead- guess.
1. "Queens Library President and CEO Thomas Galante speaks during a rally at Queens Central Library to support adequate funding to save library services and jobs. While the library has lost almost 130 jobs over the past five years, Galante brought in $391,594 last year.
2. ...Galante [spent] $140,000 last year to renovate his offices....Galante managed this after eliminating nearly 130 library jobs through layoffs and attrition over the past five years.
a. ....- A 250-square-foot rooftop deck adjacent to Galantes office for use as his private smoking area. Built with teak tile, furnished with wrought-iron furniture, and surrounded by two dozen evergreens that shield it from onlookers, the decks tab alone was more than $27,000.
b.....- Two new executive conference rooms, one of which looks more like a private lounge area, featuring sparkling wood floors, a half-dozen leather sofas and chairs, a stylish drop ceiling, and a giant flat-screen television. Cost: more than $110,000.
c. On top of his hefty salary, the library throws in a car. And not just some plain vanilla Ford Taurus or Chevy Volt out of the citys fleet. No, Galante gets the wheels of his choice, for both personal and work use.
His employment contract does set a car expense ceiling, currently $37,000, ... a sleek 2011 Nissan 370Z sports car. Plus he gets to replace it every three years.
3. ...Galantes eye-popping salary last year of $391,594 an increase of $12,000 from the previous year....more than the mayor ($225,000), the schools chancellor ($220,000) or the MTA chairman ($350,000)
4. .... the Queens, Brooklyn and New York Public Library systems are technically private nonprofit groups, even though their funds come almost exclusively from the city budget. This murky status allows them to quietly shell out huge executive salaries.
5. Linda Johnson, head of the Brooklyn Public Library, made $250,000 last year.
6. Paul LeClerc, the former head of the New York Public Library, made $711,114 in 2011, the most recent year available,...
[Obama...$400,000]
7. ....city employees, havent seen a raise in four years. His clerks and custodians get top pay of $39,000; his senior librarians, $55,000."
Queens Library president gets $390G salary, luxe office makeover while shedding 130 jobs - NY Daily News
Now...to address the suckers who not only pay for this...but support the Liberal/Progressive/DeathPanelDemocrats.....and, by extension, socialist administrations....this is what you endorse.
Every totalist regime convinces suckers that they will produce the proverbial 'worker's paradise'.....
But every one rewards their apparatchiks and steals from you to do it.
Thank goodness we got a glimpse into the racket from the Daily News.
We've all heard these stories that are true, and you know they're true,....but you can't believe they're true?
OK....here goes: NYC is made up of five boroughs. Each has a library system....and I can attest to how wonderful the Brooklyn one is.
Each borough has a President of the Library.
Guess how much, in taxpayer dollars, each Library President makes.
Go ahead- guess.
1. "Queens Library President and CEO Thomas Galante speaks during a rally at Queens Central Library to support adequate funding to save library services and jobs. While the library has lost almost 130 jobs over the past five years, Galante brought in $391,594 last year.
2. ...Galante [spent] $140,000 last year to renovate his offices....Galante managed this after eliminating nearly 130 library jobs through layoffs and attrition over the past five years.
a. ....- A 250-square-foot rooftop deck adjacent to Galantes office for use as his private smoking area. Built with teak tile, furnished with wrought-iron furniture, and surrounded by two dozen evergreens that shield it from onlookers, the decks tab alone was more than $27,000.
b.....- Two new executive conference rooms, one of which looks more like a private lounge area, featuring sparkling wood floors, a half-dozen leather sofas and chairs, a stylish drop ceiling, and a giant flat-screen television. Cost: more than $110,000.
c. On top of his hefty salary, the library throws in a car. And not just some plain vanilla Ford Taurus or Chevy Volt out of the citys fleet. No, Galante gets the wheels of his choice, for both personal and work use.
His employment contract does set a car expense ceiling, currently $37,000, ... a sleek 2011 Nissan 370Z sports car. Plus he gets to replace it every three years.
3. ...Galantes eye-popping salary last year of $391,594 an increase of $12,000 from the previous year....more than the mayor ($225,000), the schools chancellor ($220,000) or the MTA chairman ($350,000)
4. .... the Queens, Brooklyn and New York Public Library systems are technically private nonprofit groups, even though their funds come almost exclusively from the city budget. This murky status allows them to quietly shell out huge executive salaries.
5. Linda Johnson, head of the Brooklyn Public Library, made $250,000 last year.
6. Paul LeClerc, the former head of the New York Public Library, made $711,114 in 2011, the most recent year available,...
[Obama...$400,000]
7. ....city employees, havent seen a raise in four years. His clerks and custodians get top pay of $39,000; his senior librarians, $55,000."
Queens Library president gets $390G salary, luxe office makeover while shedding 130 jobs - NY Daily News
Now...to address the suckers who not only pay for this...but support the Liberal/Progressive/DeathPanelDemocrats.....and, by extension, socialist administrations....this is what you endorse.
Every totalist regime convinces suckers that they will produce the proverbial 'worker's paradise'.....
But every one rewards their apparatchiks and steals from you to do it.
Thank goodness we got a glimpse into the racket from the Daily News.