Unfortunately? Why do people always want to see people in trouble. Good that the guy stayed above board. All these stories are BS. The guy was hired and this is what he is given. What they need to do is change the rules for the next person in the job. Of course it will be a woman and they will complain about how woman make less money. We can't win.
The last time a small California town (remember the Bell scandal?) had people making this kind of money a bunch of people got indicted. The officials there claimed everything was legal and above board also.