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TONIGHT A TARGET 12
INVESTIGATORS
EXCLUSIVE: "THE ONE
HUNDRED-K CLUB."
WE'VE UNCOVERED A
GROWING NUMBER OF
STATE WORKERS ARE
TAKING IN A SIX-FIGURE
INCOME.
NOW MORE THAN EVER
IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRACK
EVERY DIME OF YOUR
TAX DOLLARS.
(MM)
OUR INVESTIGATION
FINDS THAT EVEN THOUGH
STATE STAFFING LEVELS
ARE AT AN ALL-TIME LOW,
THE OVERALL PAYROLL IS
AT A FOUR-YEAR HIGH.
IN FACT, IT'S GROWN BY
ROUGHLY 100 MILLION
DOLLARS SINCE 2008.
TARGET 12 INVESTIGATOR
TIM WHITE HAS BEEN
TRACKING PUBLICLY
FUNDED 100K-CLUBS FOR
YEARS-- AND IS HERE NOW
WITH THE EXCLUSIVE
DETAILS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF STATE
WORKERS DON'T MAKE
ANYWHERE NEAR 100
THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR...
BUT A GROWING SEGMENT OF
THEM DO,
WE FIND MUCH OF IT IS FUELED
BY OVERTIME.
DESPITE SERIOUS BELT
TIGHTENING AT ALL LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT IN THE WAKE OF
AN EPIC AND NATIONAL
FINANCIAL COLLAPSE.
OUR TARGET 12 INVESTIGATION
REVEALS STATE
GOVERNMENT'S TOP EARNERS
GREW
CHECK OUT THIS TREND:
-IN 2008: 977 STATE WORKERS
MADE 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS
OR MORE.
-IN 2010: THAT WENT UP TO
1,145.
-THE LATEST DATA SHOWS, IN
2012 THAT NUMBER HAS
MUSHROOMED TO 1,545.
THE 100K CLUB HAS NEARLY
DOUBLED SINCE 2008.
The overtime issue as we have
cut
back on state employees which we
have, often times those
departments
that require 24/7 days
GOVERNOR LINCOLN CHAFEE
SAYS OVERTIME IN THREE
DEPARTMENTS ARE THE BIG
DRIVERS BEHIND THE 100K
CLUB:
DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS...
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
AND DCYF.
the good part is with fewer
employees you pay less benefits,
sometimes you ahve to calculate
whthere there is an overall
savings of
less benefits which includes
pensions
and healthcare.
THE STATE'S WORKFORCE IS
AT AN ALL-TIME LOW...
RECORDS SHOW THERE WAS
JUST OVER 18 THOUSAND FULL
AND PART TIME WORKERS IN
2008,
DOWN TO 17-THOUSAND TODAY.
YET THE BOTTOM LINE ON THE
TAXPAYER PAYROLL HAS GONE
UP:
FROM $877 MILLION IN 2008
TO $990 MILLION TODAY.
THAT'S NO INCLUDING THE
COST OF BENEFITS.
PETER MARINO IS THE STATE'S
BUDGET GURU:
the other piece about OT is that
per
contract usually its the most
seniopr
person on staff that has the
most
access to overtime. and given
that
usuallly the most senior person
on
staff has highrer incomes.
SIX OF THE TOP TEN HIGHEST
PAID STATE EMPLOYEES ARE
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF
BEHOVARIAL HEALTH;
EACH EARNING MORE THAN 200
THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR,
MORE THAN 100 THOUSAND OF
THAT IS OVERTIME.
THE HIGHEST PAD EMPLOYEE IN
THE STATE IS THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE
ISLAND, DOCTOR DAVID
DOOLEY, MAKING 332
THOUSAND DOLLARS LAST
YEAR.
WITH THE TARGET T12
INVESTIGATORS TW EN
(SR)
THIS INVESTIGATION