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  • Legislator seeks a salary cap of sorts ("non-profit" directors opposed to this)

    01/29/2005 11:14:29 AM PST · by Rakkasan1 · 6 replies · 741+ views
    MPLS Star & Sickle ^ | 1-28-05 | Robert Franklin
    The way State Rep. Marty Seifert figures it, taxpayer money effectively pays the $374,341 yearly compensation for the Walker Art Center director, and there's $59 left over for arts programming. He bases the calculation on the $375,000 the state gave the Walker last year. The Walker is among dozens of nonprofit groups that get state appropriations or grants and pay outrageously high salaries, Seifert, R-Marshall, said Thursday. He proposed legislation to cut off state funding to nonprofits that pay salaries higher than the cap for most state executives, $114,506. "Unfortunately, many nonprofits beg for donations from the public and the...