Schwangate Continued

A letter to the editor in today's Argus Leader:

This is in response to Marynel Jorgensen's letter about Jodi Schwan's salary.

Here is what I know. Schwan does not have any experience being involved in the running of city government, or any government agency, nor does she have the educational background for the job she received. There is nothing in her background that gives the taxpayers any indication of whether or not she will do a good job. I know that most successful businesses would not give someone with her qualifications the top salary for the job.

I know that Mayor Dave Munson tried to pass a tax increase by increasing the franchise tax of cable subscribers to cover operational costs of the city. This was not the intended purpose of the franchise tax.

The issue is the waste of money at City Hall, not the gender or age of the person hired. The people at City Hall should be doing what any successful business or head of a family household does, try to find ways to get the most out of every dollar spent, not spend the most dollars.