I noticed you didn’t post any specifics, links or otherwise helpful information, so I looked it up myself.

The mayor makes 20k / year for a part-time gig.

The City Administrator, ostensibly the person that handles the day-to-day operations of the city, makes 115k.

The City Adminsitrator’s Administrative Assistant makes nearly 50k.

If you do that math, it seems to add up to more than what you attempted to confuse people with.

If you weren’t attempting to confuse the issue, you didn’t research it and you were spouting off nonsense.

Which is it?

For those that read, here’s my source: https://www.cityofedwardsville.com/DocumentCenter/View/1001/OMA-Total-Compensation-City-of-Edwardsville-IL-05-01-2019