A Raise for the City Manager?
The TNT is reporting that City Manager Eric Anderson, after forgoing his raise last year, has decided to accept it this year. Anderson’s salary will increase by $35k a year to $235k plus he’ll receive back pay to January. Not sure what to say …
Link to The News Tribune
Filed under: General
22 comments
T the Jinxmedic November 11, 2010
After all, he is due his “Demolish the Luzon at all costs because the Pacific Plaza puppetmasters said so” raise. Fair’s fair. (At least he waited a year so it wasn’t too obvious.)
K Kyle Alm November 11, 2010
Retroactive raise? That is such crap. $35K is more than a lot of people make in a year.
D dolly varden November 11, 2010
Wow — being a city manager is a very tough job that deserves good pay, but Mr. Anderson already had a good salary. The city would have more credibility to raise money for key services (parks, libraries, bike routes, potholes) if it didn’t make moves like this during a time like this.
C captiveyak November 12, 2010
no wonder the City hired a PR team for the parking meters. the timing of this announcement indicates that maybe Mr. Anderson needs a little help when it comes to appearing reasonable to the public? They should have hired JayRay to tweet a couple times about it and hang some colorful, half-clever posters with cute dollar signs on ‘em. Then, i’d feel better about all of this.
T the Jinxmedic November 12, 2010
I wonder what percentage of a branch library’s operating budget could have been helped by that money that went to the useless parking meter PR campaign?
Fiscal responsibility. It’s what’s for dinner.
T T-Town November 12, 2010
When he turned down the raise last time, did he already know he would get it anyways? Accepting the money now makes him a liar. Can we get a new non-parking obsessed manager, please?
R RR Anderson November 12, 2010
you wanna punish Eric Anderson? shoulda voted for I-1098 suckers.
J jamie from thriceallamerican November 12, 2010
Well, if they were trying to bury the news by releasing it late in the afternoon on a holiday, it didn’t work.
S Scott M November 12, 2010
17.5% raise in this economy… must be the bang up job he’s doing, banging up the Luzon, banging up downtown parking, banging up…
T TacomaTank November 12, 2010
This is absurd. The City Council should be ashamed of themselves. They really, really need to start asking some hard questions about this guy. What has he done since he arrived that has actually made the city a better place to live or do business? Anything?
C Christine November 12, 2010
This is probably part of his exit strategy as it will bump his pension quite well.
J Jesse November 12, 2010
They should study income percentage gain/loss in Tacoma from year to year and give him the same raise or salary cut as the average Tacoman got from year to year.
T T-Town November 12, 2010
Between Anderson and Mulligan we start to look like Bell. Sad really. And sad the council acts so helpless.
W Weyland Duir November 12, 2010
Meanwhile, Anderson and the Council are going to freeze salaries for all the rest of the City’s employees. Must be hard to see way up there in the ivory tower.
T TacomaTank November 12, 2010
This City is one big failure. Empty convention center, vacant lots, empty office buildings, wasted opportunities and overpaid employees. Such potential wasted by a long string of overpaid incompetents.
T the Jinxmedic November 12, 2010
And that’s why raising taxes is a bad idea. If you give irresponsible governments more money, they tend to spend that additional amount irresponsibly, too. Fiscal responsibility- try it, you’ll like it.
M Mr. North end guy November 12, 2010
TacomaTank ,
That’s a bit irrational, don’t you think? Total failure?
Tacoma is weathering this economic crisis pretty well, hell, so is our state.
This is a poor decision, for sure.
R RR Anderson November 12, 2010
no no, TacomaTank is correct these are the end times. please stock up on duct tape and prepare yourselves for the rapture. The End.
R Ryrod November 12, 2010
What a bunch of haters. You all would take the raise too if you were even qualified to have his job in the first place. Haters haters haters…
J Jesse November 12, 2010
“no no, TacomaTank is correct these are the end times. please stock up on duct tape and prepare yourselves for the rapture. The End.” — RR
… and vote Tea Party! Lol.
L low bar November 12, 2010
lovely thesis/anti-thesis going on here. EAT THE RICH
H Henny Penny November 12, 2010
RR…my God….I just went to both Lowes AND Home Depot AND THERE IS NO DUCT TAPE!!!!