Science center tops pay in district

Things won't get fixed, until this sort of thing gets fixed. Unfortunately, it will require a great deal more pain:

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_de89ea93-c885-540f-88fd-eaf890495329.html

The St. Louis Science Center last year spent more on compensation for its top executives, and took up a larger share of its payroll for them, than any other tax-supported cultural institution in the Zoo-Museum District.

The nine highest-paid executives at the science center in 2010 collectively received more than $2 million in compensation, which includes salary, retirement packages and other benefits. That made up 19 percent of what the science center paid for its entire staff, which includes 184 full-time employees and 410 part-timers.

None of the other four local institutions that receive tax money paid that much collectively to their highest-earning executives — those making more than $150,000 in total compensation — or took up that much of their payroll for them.