It's Good to be No. 2- Serious taxpayer dough going to council assistants
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The median household income in Jefferson Parish is roughly $47,000, which isn’t far off from the average annual salary of $48,000 for county commissioners nationwide, as compiled by SimplyHired.com, for whatever that’s worth.

Still, it’s quite a click or two away from the $65,000 base salary received by Jeff’s five district Council members. The at-large members, though, more than double the above median figures by making $97,600 each and every year. To put that into perspective, elected members of the New York City Council have a starting salary of $112,500. As for another perspective, hop to the other coast to the small California town of Bell, where such data turned into public outrage recently and then resulted in widespread government resignations. The scandal, actually, is still playing out this very week. Three city officials had combined salaries of more than $1.6 million and most city council members were taking home $100,000 annually.

Back in Jefferson Parish, taxpayers should be paying attention. They shell out more than a half-mill, or $520,000, every year to pay for the salaries of Council members. But that ain’t nothing compared to the $806,000 annually that’s divided up by their nine administrative assistants. In fact, in all cases but the at-large districts, members’ assistants make more than they do, according to a review of parish salaries. Special recognition, however, should be given to Administrative Aide Rob Hinyub, whose $106,100 salary almost doubles that of his boss, Councilwoman Cynthia Lee-Sheng. Hinyub is an old hand around the Yenni building, having played No. 2 for former District 5 Councilwoman Jennifer Sneed.