Tollway boss brings in five former colleagues, at $893,000 a year – Daily Herald

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Cynthia Schenk
4 years ago

Welcome to Illinois

mqyl
4 years ago

1 .If these guys are starting at $180K per year, what the heck is the tollway director making?

2. Add this quote to the long list of clueless or understated quotes from IL pols: “It seems excessive.” These pols are so insightful.

NB-Chicago
4 years ago

With $45 billion to spend, the patronage free for all trough feed is already no!!! Yee-ha!!

Cass Andra
4 years ago
Reply to  NB-Chicago

Parasites are uncommonly adaptive — Darwin lives!

debtsor
4 years ago

It takes a lot of $1.00 tolls on an ipass to pay these government workers $186,000 a year, plus benefits. Seems excessive to me. Are there any jobs in the private sector that would pay these people $180,000 a year? Doubtful.

Governor of Alderaan
4 years ago
Reply to  debtsor

But if tolls are doubled it’ll be easier to pay their salaries! With taxes going up the tollway workers will need raises

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