Our city council members rock a fat $6K a year. With a $150 a month travel allowance! Nobody's taking that job without having significant outside income.

I was at a party one time where the lady that owns half of downtown was introducing a runner for city council. Watched Brian Spencer (rich architect) cut her a $1,000 check, on the spot, to get her ear. She won and you know she owed him a favor or two. For a measly $1,000 bucks. Anyway, Spencer was on the council two years later. Imagine that!

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Obviously that sucks, but there’s a world of difference between $6k and $200k, and I’m talking about Congress, not your city council or some HOA.