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by Bryan

Obviously County Commissioner Campbell has heard from his constituents over his statement that a fellow commissioner would “starve to death” on a salary of $67K. Unfortunately, he tried to explain what he “really meant” to the NWF Daily News: Okaloosa County commissioner says quote was taken out of larger context

When James Campbell said fellow Okaloosa County Commissioner Don Amunds could “starve to death” if he was limited to a commissioner’s salary, he didn’t mean it as an insult to everyone who makes less, he said Thursday.

“I didn’t mean it as a slur to the people that aren’t making $67,000,” Campbell said. “What I want to do is apologize … If it’s my mistake, I apologize. I didn’t mean it that way.”

Mr. Campbell doesn’t understand that all he is doing is making it obvious that he and his fellow commissioners are not very good with their own money, which is why they need to make more than twice the median income of a man in Okaloosa County. If they are this careless with their own money, why would the taxpayers trust them with their money? There are a lot of people in the county who manage to cover the cost of raising kids and making mortgage payments on a lot less than $67K. They may not live in exclusive enclaves on a golf course like Charlie Morris, but they have decent homes in nice neighborhoods.

In tough times, the county needs to have people who know how to live on less, not people who are apparently struggling to live on more.

2 comments

1 Jack K., the Grumpy Forester { 04.10.09 at 11:09 pm }

…after over 30 years of fedborg service, having personally managed programs and contracts worth an aggregate of millions of dollars, I still don’t make nearly that kind of money. Clearly I need to run for office…

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2 Bryan { 04.11.09 at 12:03 am }

I can tell you that there are a lot of upset local people who had no idea the county was paying anyone these kinds of salaries. The only reason the median income is as high as it is, is because of contractors working at the Air Force Base, and they are scientists and engineers.

I would really like to know why our county sheriff makes more than the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It’s not like he was a football coach.

This is definitely not going over well locally.