To the editor 136 words Government Greed in Lower Merion Lower Merion Township Manager Doug Clelands $275,000,

fully costed, contract makes him the highest paid township manager in the Commonwealth and one of Pennsylvanias highestpaid government employees paid well above the average household income in Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County and in Lower Merion itself. The Lower Merion Democratic Majority Board of Commissioners are set to renew Township Manager Doug Clelands management contract for two years with no increase first year and 2% second year. In the past ten years, Lower Merion Township spending has increased, debt has increased, taxes have increased, the township managers compensation has increased, the quality of services has NOT increased, the quantity of services has NOT increased, property sale values have declined while property taxes fixed. How does Doug Clelands performance over the past ten years justify this compensation package?

Bob Guzzardi Ardmore bobguzzardi@bobguzzardi.com