Having recently read an article by Brendon Horan on CEO salaries, I was staggered to see that the Western Bay Council CEO has a salary package of $385,000, including seven weeks holidays. This is outrageous. Too many of us in Katikati are burdened by heavy rates and there is no relief in sight. How on earth can Mayor Paterson justify paying a salary of these proportions? Time for a change at the top.

John O'Neill, Katikati.