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A Philadelphia Daily News article in Thursday, July 29th's paper (pages 6 and 7) compared some salaries. All I will do is re-type what they printed and I'll leave it to you to express your opinion.

School District Superintendent
Dr. Ackerman hired at $325,000 and recieved a 4% increase now makes $338,000

Mayor of the City of Philadelphia
Honorable Mayor Michael Nutter, $198,658, took a pay cut so now makes $167,440

Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Honorable Governor Edward Rendell, $178,00, rejected a cost of living increase so now makes $175,000


School District head of human resources, $185,400
City's head of human resources, $129,232

School District CFO, $226,600
City's CFO, $162,559

School district chief communications officer, Evelyn Sample Oates $180,000 (recently demoted and salary is under review). Her replacement, Lisa Mastoon $190,000
Mayor's chief spokesperson, $114,000

School District's General Counsel, $190,000
City Solicitor, $162,559 "to run a much larger office" (7/29/10 Daily News pg. 7)

New School District position (less than 4 months), Chief of Institutional Advancement (I don't know either????)
$180,000, but that person was promoted (again, less than 4 months in) to "second in commnand". $50,000 increase. So Mr. New Guy was promoted, let's do the math...
$180,000 + $50,000 = $230,000

Oh, and a teacher's starting salary is, $42,755