City Council and employees should not take a hike

It’s absolutely outrageous. The Pilot article explained that Costa

Mesa officials said that their city’s salaries were less than what

other cities paid.

It’s inappropriate and ridiculous to compare one government salary

rate to another government salary. The comparison should be always

between the government and the private sector for the equivalent job.

Often, government employees make more than those in the private

sector, plus they get many benefits that private-sector people do not

get -- great retirement programs, a great medical program, vacations.

It’s totally inappropriate to compare their wages to other

government employee wages.

RICHARD AVARD

Costa Mesa