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Which state employees earn more than Phil Scott?

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by Aaron Warner 

Governor Phil Scott earns $198,521.60/year (plus transportation expenses and other benefits). But the chief executive is not the highest paid state employee. He’s not in the top 10. Or top 20. Or even the top 50.

In fact, 93 state employees earn more than their governor, according to the Open The Books database. Almost all work for the University of Vermont. UVM’s Larner College of  Medicine Richard L. Page raked in a $683,023. From him, the path to #94 is a “who’s that?” roster of UVM deans, administrators and professors.  

Page’s salary is also $100,000 higher than his predecessor of five years, Dean Fredrick Morin III wh in 2017 netted $582,254. 

Behind Page for 2022 earnings is UVM President Suresh V. Garimella at $484,800. Garimella has had a prestigious career as an inventor in the field of engineering, owning several patents. He also sits on the board of government contractor (FFRDC – Federally Funded Research and Development Center) Sandia National Laboratories, which is managed by Honeywell.  The focus at Sandia is national security (i.e. cyber security) and part of our nation’s military-industrial complex. 

Number’s three and four for earnings are Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the laboratory for cancer research Gary Stein who took in $444,908, and Pharmacology Professor Mark Nelson at $429,173. Big Medicine and Big Pharma pay well, therefore so do their public/private partners like research universities – like UVM.  

Others ranking ahead of the governor include: 

Sanjay Sharma – Dean for UVM School of Business ($418,677)

A look at Sharma’s bio and you come away with one certainty – he is dedicated to all things sustainable.  The words “sustainable” or “sustainability” appear fourteen times as we learn about his fund-raising capability, which may explain his massive salary.  Sharma also holds a highly favored position in the World Economic Forum, which lauded the business school for achieving “top 3 in the US and top 9 in the world in the Positive Impact Ratings released at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2020”.  

This is the same WEF (meeting this week in Davos) whose front-man, Klaus Schwab, states one of their positive impacts is to infiltrate governments, such as Trudeau’s in Canada.  This is the same Klaus Schwab who has a bust of Vladimir Lenin adorning his home office.  

Randall Holcombe – Faculty Director and Chair for UVM Cancer Center ($410,000)

Of note, Vermont has been ranked the healthiest state in the country on more than one occasion. However it has one of the worst cancer incidence per 100,000 people.  Both Texas and California have much lower incidence.  Which begs the question, how can Vermont be the healthiest state while also having such a high cancer population?  Also, should we be funding so heavily a pursuit we are clearly failing at relative to the rest of the country and even the world?   

A look at global cancer rates finds Central and Northern Africa as well as the Middle East and India with rates below 50/100,000 people with Vermont and the U.S. at over eight times that (400+/100,000). 

David Warshaw – Professor and Chair Cardio Lab ($394,229).

One bright spot where research seems to be paying off in improving human mortality is heart disease.  Although still the leading killer in the U.S., the incidence of deaths has dropped to half of what it was in 1990 (321.8/110k) and nearly a quarter of what it was in 1950 (588.8/100k).  Heart disease appears in Vermont to be more prevalent among the less affluent, noting the Burlington area is the lowest in the state while the Northeast Kingdom is among the highest.  This appears to be true for the U.S. as well.  

Coaching men’s basketball at UVM is worth almost twice the cost of running the state as the Catamount’s head coach John Becker slam dunked a whopping $364,971 into his account. 

For the feminists who argue women only make 75% of what men do for the same job have a look at Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach Sara Dalton Graddock ($104,000) netting just over half of her male counterpart Chris Feifs ($195,200)

The hotly controversial practice of D.E.I., likened by some professionals as “teaching people how to be nice”, is worth $182,070 for Ahmer Ahmed who holds the Provost D.E.I. position at UVM.  

Christopher Koliba, Professor of Community Development & Applied Economics ($173,400)  “… current research program focuses on the development of complex adaptive systems models and network analysis of watershed management networks, regulatory networks, food systems, transportation planning networks, energy distribution networks and health care service delivery critical care pathways.

Director of Gender, Sex & Women’s Studies / Queer Theory / Psychoanalytic Theory ($93,664) Valery Rohy has published multiple books on the subject of queer theory.  For those unfamiliar we refer you to Dr. James Lindsay’s series on New Discourses where he explains the goal of queer theory is essentially to “queer the culture” in an effort to obfuscate traditional norms such as sex, gender, and the family.  

Getting into the weeds, literally, we find the recently formed State of Vermont Cannabis Control Board gets highly rewarded with Board Chair James Pepper rolling in $115,584.80 for 2022 and Executive Director Brynn Hare tokes in a tidy $98,600. Board Members Kyle Harris and Julie Hulbard jointly earn $86,684.00 each. 

This series flows from the research provided by Open the Books, a non-profit used by the Trump administration to assess and begin the process of “draining the swamp”.  Our goal is to elucidate what “the swamp” is in Vermont hoping to get the conversation started among all tax-paying Vermonters concerned with government waste, excess and unnecessary spending and hypocrisy among those we pay to serve us yet instead are using their positions of power to fleece or abuse the citizenry. 

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  1. Good God!!! No wonder the state is prying peoples jaws open for the giant tax —- sandwich they are trying to force us to eat!!

    I wonder if any of these leeches laugh at all the mobile homes
    they drive by, thinking of how they’re bilking the poor saps inside.

    Probably not.

  2. the covid kill shot will increase cancer numbers///destroyed immune system/// body is weak/// check life insurance data/// large uptick in deaths///

  3. Well Mr. Page, I certainly admire your goal of alerting the populace to the fraud and waste in our state. However, the hypocrisy, is likely here to stay. As Vermont is the lowest church going state in our country and so far removed from the values of the Judeo-Christain culture, there is nothing to guide, instruct, shame or guilt anyone into being better persons. As long as we continue to allow the left/prog/Marxist supermajority legislature and all the others in government, elected/not elected to continue to run this asylum, everything we do is for naught.
    And since we have no control over the WEF/UN influence, this is not likely to improve even if we do get the supermajority out of office which I predict will be another dismal failure, the WEF/UN influence will just find another way.

    As for the cancer rates, if you look at our COVID “vaccine” compliance rate and the cancer rate, might there be a correlation? According to several reputable/credible sources there is a direct correlation. There is a lot of data out there but hard to find as it is actively suppressed.
    Anecdotally, I would see in my home care practice as an RN, maybe 2 or 3 active cancer patients a year. From Feb of 2021 to November of 2021, I saw that number a week. Only a very small handful survived. Most died less than 6 weeks after diagnosis. Highly unusual. Highly. Yet when I queried a local oncologist, he made some outrageous bs remark and then shut me down before I could continue. So, there’s that.
    Respectfully,
    Pam Baker

    • Your Bible says “Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.” (Ephesians 5:11). It doesn’t qualify it by saying don’t bother if the WEF/WHO/UN are pursuing their NWO goals.

      In fact, the next chapter says: “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” (Ephesians 6:11&12)

      It seems pretty clear those who believe are told to expose and stand against evil rulers and authorities.

      Careful not to take the black pill sister, it’s a killer.

    • The black pill? Not sure I understand your warning. Seems to me if more people recognize the truth and expose the deeds of darkness, there is more hope and less futility.

    • Mr. Warner, you presume a great many facts not in evidence, when you caution me in such a manner. It is a fact that “As long as we continue to allow the left/prog/Marxist supermajority legislature and all the others in government, elected/not elected to continue to run this asylum, everything we do is for naught.”
      And we do not have any influence over global organizations. And they will continue to force their agenda on us, regardless of who is in office. Those are pretty verifiable facts.
      What is not in evidence is the support for the allusion that I am contemplating or have already taken “the black pill”.
      I have been standing and opposing for almost 4 years now against a great many things. But thank you for your concern.
      Respectfully,
      Pam Baker

    • Good point on cancer rates. I suspect the covid transfection has or will change the glowing report on cardiac health. And the harms in general of the “vaccine” will become more well known now that a judge has ordered the release of V-Safe written data. Regarding health in general, I’m waiting for the state and federal government to investigate increased mortality, especially in working age people. Is it causation or correlation?

    • The black pill is the “we give up it’s over pill”.

      You reiterated my point – expose and stand. That’s the red and white pills.

    • Waiting? For the accomplices to investigate themselves? Much less honestly?

      I am finding that reliable data is coming mainly from the grassroots patient/medical/scientist/mortician/ insurance communities — researchers willing to risk being a target by standing up their data against state sponsored “science”.

  4. Brings to mind this song from the O’Jays – 1973

    “For the love of money
    People will steal from their mother
    For the love of money
    People will rob their own brother…

    For the love of money
    People will lie, Lord, they will cheat
    For the love of money
    People don’t care who they hurt or beat
    For the love of money
    A woman will sell her precious body
    For a small piece of paper it carries a lot of weight
    Call it lean, mean, mean green…

    I know money is the root of all evil
    Do funny things to some people
    Give me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime
    Money can drive some people out of their minds…”

    1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

  5. The Trump Administration represented a populist movement that challenged the pluralist agenda of the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda and its partner the World Economic Forum (WEF), as well as the college professors you highlighted.

    While the geopolitical establishment is doing everything in its power to crush all entities that apose the sustainability agenda, perpetrated by the “Swap”, yesterday the new, libertarian president of Argentina, Javier Milei, boldly made these statements when speaking at the DAVOS 2024 meeting. I recommend listening to his full speech. The link is provided below.

    “The main leaders of the Western world have abandoned freedom for different versions of what we call collectivism. We’re here to tell you that collectivist experiments are never the solution to the problems that afflict the citizens of the world. Rather, they are the root cause.”
    “It (Social Justice) is unjust because the state is financed through taxes. And taxes are collected coercively.”

    “Which means that the state is financed through coercion and that the higher the tax burden, the higher the coercion and the lower the freedom.”

    Link to speech https://vigilantnews.com/post/argentina-president-javier-milei-promotes-freedom-at-davos-2024-full-speech/

  6. “Which begs the question, how can Vermont be the healthiest state while also having such a high cancer population?’

    You know that the high cancer rates correlate with Vermont being the 2nd oldest state in the country right? When you go to Red States, people die of gunshots, car accidents, drug overdoses, etc. Up here in society, people mostly get sick and die of old age.

    • US cities in top 50 globally for homicide:
      New Orleans
      Baltimore
      Detroit
      Memphis
      Cleveland
      Milwaukee
      Philadelphia

      Which one of those 5 northern “societies” is governed by “red” politics?

    • My patients from Feb of 2021 to November of 2021 who died of rapid onset, lethal cancers were all under 60. A few were cancer survivors of more than 10 years; most were newly diagnosed. And there are a few fairly well-done peer reviewed studies showing the correlation between the “vaccine” and rapid onset lethal cancers.

      Sadly, any random, non-professional search for this topic-“does Covid vax cause cancer” or some derivation, yields the same propaganda bs that has been plastered all over the media outlets for the last three years. So, I understand why so many of the public have a hard time believing that they’ve been lied to for years by the people they should trust the most. Very sad indeed.

      I personally know of several people that one day just didn’t feel well, about 10 days after their vaccination, went to the ER, had some tests, were admitted that day and died within 3 days of their newly diagnosed cancer. That is absolutely unheard of in this day and age. It just doesn’t happen with the exception of certain types of brain cancer. And my nursing friends, all across the country, experienced many of the same scenarios.

      But thanks for sharing your insights and experience. Always good to see your comments.
      Respectfully,
      Pam Baker

  7. Vermont also had one of the highest percentage uptake of the covid shots. Look for Vermont to be the poster child of turboCancer deaths very soon☠️

    • My uncle didn’t make it up to camp for opening weekend, said he wasn’t feeling well. On Christmas Eve he got diagnosed up in St Johnsbury with pancreatic and he was gone by the 13th.

    • I’m so sorry John on the loss of your uncle. I hate to be indelicate, but do you happen to know if he was vaccinated? Pancreatic cancer is most definitely very lethal but tragically in some cases, folks live quite a while with this.
      Would “opening weekend” be mid-November?
      That is just so tragic. Again, I am so sorry for your loss.
      So many lives taken by this hideous and insidious pogrom.
      With sincere sympathy,
      Pam Baker

  8. Many firearms are owned by people who oppose firearms. Those are the people to worry about b/c they really love the “die by the sword” Bible verse… just like the “give to Caesar” verse. Never trust these people.

  9. Why is the state of Vermont paying an incompetent politician like tim ashe $104,000 a year to be an assistant when he has no qualifications to take over the position as auditor of accountants??

  11. Aaron, I won’t fault you for the spirit of this article, but if your overall goal is “to elucidate what ‘the swamp’ is in Vermont state government,” your factual premise is wrong. The bulk of your essay cites UVM staff and professors who make much more than our Governor. They do but, unfortunately for your argument, they are not state employees. UVM may get some funds from the State, but it is not a state entity.

    Now if you want to talk about why health care costs are so high, then I’d completely agree that the cited UVM payroll is a contributing factor. But if your goal is to identify state employees to “drain the swamp” of government, these guys aren’t in that particular swamp.

    In case you are interested, you can find the salary of every state employee here: https://data.vermont.gov/Government/State-of-Vermont-Employee-Salaries/jgqy-2smf/data_preview. You will not find the UVM personnel you’ve identified on that list. The vast number of actual state employees make (on average) less than half of what the Governor makes.

    Again, I don’t want to fault the spirit of your argument, but I submit it is important to make sure our facts are accurate before commencing where to place the sump pump.

    • I, too, picked up on the fact that UVM employees are not employees of the State of Vermont. However, as to your point that the “vast number of actual state employees make (on average) less than half of what the Governor makes”, it is not their salaries that trouble me, rather it is the “vast number” of state employees to begin with. Drain the bureaucracy . . .

    • “The University of Vermont and the Vermont Agricultural College … shall be recognized and utilized as an instrumentality of the State for providing public higher education, with all the rights and powers incident to corporations; and the General Assembly of the State of Vermont shall, from time to time, appropriate such sums as it deems necessary for the support and maintenance of the corporation.” https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/16APPENDIX/001

      So UVM is an instrumentality of the State. Not a private enterprise.

  12. I don’t believe UVM employees are state employees. The only ones on the list that might actually be paid by the state is the Canibus Board.