To The Editor:
A $250,976 salary for a one-hour work week sounds great if you are getting it, not so great if you are a taxpayer helping supply the money. It’s the salary of Karen Berky, division director at the Nature Conservancy.
According to the last tax return I received from The Nature Conservancy (a 503-C3 private nonprofit) an individual is listed as making $250,976 for an average work week of one hour – that is right- one hour. There is a total of 2 ½ pages of salaries starting at $788,524.
Why the problem? Under revenue it is listed government grants as being $108,446,526. Our tax dollars at work? They’ve also listed $64,565,923 in cash (non-interest bearing) checking account? Is this (among others) of President Trump’s targets of wasteful spending?
Charley Burbank
Marshfield, VT
