"Cities pay huge salaries despite fiscal crises"

Normally your humble correspondent wouldn't cite to the San Francisco Chronicle what with this being the Inland Empire Law Blog and all, but sometimes an article is too good to not link. The Chronicle reports on some ridiculously high salaries by those poor public servants. Get a load of these figures:

"A city nurse earned $350,000. A fire department battalion chief pulled in more than twice as much as the mayor. And a municipal park ranger took home $188,000 in overtime on top of his $71,000 salary."

Hat tip to Hugh Hewitt.