The borough presidents in New York City have very limited duties, but do get to spend taxpayer dollars on pet projects and take advantage of paid junkets while making a very good salary.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/03/15/2009-03-15_borough_presidents_spend_our_tax_bucks_b.html
I met Marty Markowitz at the Mermaid Parade a few years back. He seemed liked a nice enough guy, but is he really worth $160,000 per annum and full-time chauffeur?
"It should be abolished or it should be strengthened," said Dick Dadey, executive director of the Citizens Union, a nonpartisan government watchdog group. "I'm not confident that the way the office is currently constructed has proved to be effective."
Sunday, March 15, 2009
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