The new Portland mayor's office staff will cost $600,000 a year less than his predecessor's, at least to start. And most of the unqualified kids have been cleared out, although we suspect many scurried under other City Hall rocks and are still drawing a public paycheck.

Only a few holdover staffers remain, and according to the O, a couple them are getting nice raises.

From the Adams roster:

Antoinette Edwards, director, Office of Youth Violence Prevention, $75,004
Cevero Gonzalez, scheduler and executive assistant, $69,430
Chad Stover, community service aide, $25,000
Noah Siegel, international relations manager, $65,790
Thomas Peavey, policy manager, Office of Youth Violence Prevention, $61,609

From the Hales roster:

Antoinette Edwards, director, Office of Youth Violence Prevention, $84,656
Cevero Gonzalez, Hales' executive assistant and scheduler, $69,439
Chad Stover, policy assistant $46,400
Noah Siegel, policy director, $65,780
Thomas Peavey, policy manager, Office of Youth Violence Prevention, $61,607

Edwards picked up a nice 12.9% pay increase, and Stover's salary went up by 85.6%. Fascinating.

And here's an interesting one from the new list:

Lauren King, executive assistant to Gail Shibley and Hatfield Fellow at Portland State University, salary paid by PSU

Ah, the eternal connection between City Hall and the PSU Real Estate and Patronage Center. We can't help but wonder how the English majors over there would feel if they found out they were paying a hidden city tax as part of their tuition bill.