Stamford payroll shows 30% of city, school employees earn $100K or more

“Cost of living for a family of four in Stamford was $96k a year several years ago .... I'd say the slap in the face is paying 70 percent of them less than cost of living in a city with a fair amount of gun crime and millionaires around every corner...CT needs to stop acting like there aren't thousands of under-taxed individuals and companies because of stingy people not willing to pay their fair share for what they're able to reap from the area...”

— Mike Dillon, via facebook.com/stamfordadvocate “I have no problem whatsoever with cops making OT. It cuts down on corruption and illegal payoffs like the bad old days when crooked cops looked the other way on organized crime here and in other cities. I have a real problem with the bloated and unnecessary staffing of the mayor’s office, particularly when an area like the Zoning Dept. is largely a do-nothing window dressing.”

— FUBAR, via stamfordadvocate.com “Even worse than the inflated salaries is the fact they still get pensions, which no longer even exist in the private sector. We will go bankrupt unless we eliminate public sector pensions and bring benefits in line with the market.”

— noodles, via stamfordadvocate.com “Why does Mayor Martin need Michael Pollard as his ‘chief of staff,’ with a salary of $159,865. Previous mayors of Stamford never had a ‘chief of staff.’ What's the deal paying this political crony for this position? What exactly does he do? Additionally, why does the mayor need several assistants, who have assistants themselves? Let's save taxpayers some money, and shrink the bureaucratically bloated office of the mayor!”

— ConcernedStamfordite, via stamfordadvocate.com