Comments on: State Salaries Show Spending Priorities

By: idahocrystal

idahocrystal — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:22:20 +0000

@Rod – The contract is not part of Obamacare. These and similar contracts have been around for a decade or more – And it’s not an order for breast pumps – It’s a pre-competed blanket purchase agreement that allows WIC or Medicaid to buy them, as needed, at (hopefully cheaper) set prices/terms.

By: Southwestender

Southwestender — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:26:47 +0000

Robert, that’s not entirely true. Many public employees are paid by fees. As an example, Ada County Development Services employees.

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:07:03 +0000

I have heard that the breast pump thing is part of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:12:58 +0000

I appreciate idahocrystal’s clarification on the breat pumps.

(I had assumed they were those pumps you hook to your vacuum cleaner to enlarge the mammalian protuberances. And that they were probably ordered by Senator McGee’s office.)

(Sorry – a feeble attempt at chauvinist/Neanderthal humor…)
EDITOR NOTE–Your attempt wasn’t so feeble, you accomplished your goal obviously! 🙂

By: JamesBond

JamesBond — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:25:30 +0000

Exempt could mean different things, but I am most used to seeing it used to signify that the employee is not a “classified” employee under the state’s classified employment system. Among other things, this implies you are an at-will employee, typically above the bureau chief level.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:04:50 +0000

Average wage in the State of Idaho is $32,994. We have to pay taxes to pay these people.

By: JamesBond

JamesBond — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:51:33 +0000

Could Gene be on the payroll in order to reach a certain level with PERSI? Was that part of the settlement?

EDITOR NOTE–We were told that was indeed the case. Something to do with the fiscal year, but we THINK he is all paid off now.

By: JamesBond

JamesBond — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:50:52 +0000

I’m a bit mystified by Gene’s name. Typically, those contracts have clauses that cease payment when a new job is found, or at least reduce the amount owed by what the new job pays.

By: joki

joki — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:38:45 +0000

I’m wondering what dash Exempt means, as in Officer-Exempt. Exempt from what?

By: BoiseGuy99

BoiseGuy99 — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:32:28 +0000

Guardian,

Although the Transparent Idaho website provides a look into the finances of the state; there is another website that provides a three year window of the exact dollars that are paid to every public employee in Idaho.
You can compare the $41,305 district budget in the Three Creek Joint District to the $116 million in the Boise Independent School District. Even the cities are included.
Please advise your many readers of the site http://accountableidaho.com/

The available data will either outrage or invoke sympathy for those who work in the public sector