COMMISSIONER MUSGRAVE OPPOSES THE PROPOSED $50,000 PAY INCREASE FOR Â MAYOR WINNECKE
BY CHERYL MUSGRAVE CANDIDATE FOR THE MAYOR OF EVANSVILLE
AUGUST 16, 2022
I’ve heard from Civic Center insiders that a measure may be introduced to the Evansville City Council that would increase the Mayor’s salary from its current level of approximately $100,000 annually to more than $150,000 a year.
I’ve talked to a lot of people about what Evansville needs. Not one of them has ever said a higher salary for the mayor.
To put this increase into perspective: the median household income in Evansville is $42,623 per year–not per person, but the entire household. (https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/evansvillecityindiana) This proposed increase would be more than an Evansville household makes in a year.
This proposal for a massive salary increase forgets what the hard-working families of Evansville need. At a time when water bills are soaring, the parks are deteriorating, and our streets are crumbling, this proposal wouldn’t fix the real problems our city’s government should address.
I ask that City Council reject this proposal. If the money exists, spend it on real priorities instead–like our roads, our parks, and our water bills.
Call or write your city council members and let them know what you think about this proposal. You can email them all at  mailto:CityCouncil@evansville.in.gov and individually through this link:https://www.evansvillegov.org/city/topic/index.php?topicid=749&structureid=16
The increase in salary is a ruse to get dome chosen insider to run against Musgrave.
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