Public Safety

There is a new website - www.maineopengov.org.  

The way the site works, with the click of a button you can search payrolls, pensions, and payments to businesses and individuals.  Once you have identified your area of interest you can search by year, salary, name and several other interesting ways.  There is even a way to leave a comment on any piece of data that you find to be worth commenting on.

Of the 241 people listed in the Legislature, more than 40 make over $70,000 dollars a year. Unfortunately, the Legislature chose not to provide the cost of the benefits-which are public records. I would encourage readers to call their Legislators and demand that those figures be released.  It should be noted that the Executive Branch did provide the benefit information.