Oct 24, 2005 2 min read

Many taxpayers in Pennsylvania were up in arms about the large raises that the legislators gave themselves. But the rape of the taxpayers is also taking place locally. All seniors on Social Security were happy with the news that their checks were going up approximately $40 a month, for about a $500-a-year increase. Those in the Connellsville Area School District were not informed that the school district administrative staff are receiving raises, which in some cases far exceed the average annual income of many on Social Security. What form of logic or understanding can dictate that the taxpayers, many of whom are on fixed income of pensions and Social Security, must accept these exorbitant salaries?

With the price of gasoline going sky high, and the forecast of heating oil and natural gas raising over 50 percent, where are these funds going to come from. Who were the rocket scientists that negotiated the original contract, to which these raises are tied into? To force the citizens of the Connellsville Area School District to accept this additional $89,000 expense is unjust.

Pushing the administrative salaries to in excess of $1,875,000 for 22 employees is asinine. Where will it end? First in Harrisburg and then in Connellsville. Doesn’t anyone care?

John B. Truxel

Connellsville