I agree. Having worked in the public sector, I know that the pay and benefits for *most* jobs are better than what one would get in the private sector but (1) some of that is recompense for the kind of BS that one has to deal with and (2) the pay rates are not what costs the taxpayer a mint, it’s the work rules. Because of the way union contracts are negotiated, most cities have to hire 3-4 people to do the work of one person because of contractual restrictions on the way work gets assigned.
Honestly, a hundred grand a year ain’t as cushy as it sounds in a city where THIS costs $300 grand: