By now you’ve probably read or heard about Cindy Archer, a former aide to Gov. Scott Walker who was recently hired for a six-figure state job without actually applying for the job. After being hired, it was revealed Archer was actually making $27,000 per year more than her predecessor in the position, and now Patrick Marley of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting Archer actually makes $3,400 a year more than the top pay listed when the position she was hired for was publicized.
Cindy Archer — who served in top posts for Walker while he was governor and earlier when he was Milwaukee County executive — for the past year served as administrative services director in the state public defender’s office. In that role, she was involved in trying to recruit someone to serve as the agency’s chief information officer, state records show, but Archer ended up taking the job herself, even though at least one candidate had more technical experience.
Archer for years has carried out important duties for Walker, but mostly in the background. She drew broader notice in 2011 after her home was raided by law enforcement as part of an investigation into Walker aides. She was never charged with a crime.
Archer started the job last week, making $113,025 a year, or 31% more than the $86,278 earned by the woman who had held the job for more than a decade.
Archer’s salary is 12% above the $101,121 she made as administrative services director and 3% above the $109,620 listed as the top pay for the information technology job in the recruiting notice sent out for the position last spring.
And keep in mind that Archer’s hiring, which absolutely did not follow existing civil service rules, comes as Walker administration officials are secretly meeting and discussing possible changes to Wisconsin’s civil service rules.
Because after all, the current rules make it just too darn hard to hire unqualified, ethically questionable Walker lackeys for high-paying state jobs.
Of course the inner circle will be taken care of, http://expressmilwaukee.com/article-23626-issue-of-the-week-walker%25E2%2580%2599s-pals-get-lifetime-job-security-in-the-public-sector.html
The Archer appointment; It’s unfair, it’s unjust, it’s unequal, it’s unwanted, it’s undemocratic, it’s unmoral, it’s unprofessional, it’s unethical, it’s unnecessary, it’s unfounded.
it’s what Walker does unendingly.
And yet the kool-aid drinkers that support him think he still walks on water.
I suppose this is another example of Walker’s war on women… Oh wait he is paying way more for her services. Never mind he is just corrupt.
“It’s good to be king” -Tom Petty
I was thinking more Mel Brooks in one of his flicks. And come to think of it, Walker bears a lot of resemblance to the corrupt idiot Governor in “Blazing Saddles” (also played by Brooks).
“Gentlemen, we have to do something to protect our phony-baloney jobs!”