D.C. pay increases not based on merit�

"For example, Lee E. Williams had earned $103,318 a year as the head of the D.C. Taxicab Commission, overseeing 15 employees. The city government boosted his salary by 3.5 percent, to $106,934, last year -- just before Mr. Williams was fired for incompetence.... Since 2002, the average D.C. government executive salary has grown 10 percent, from $121,905 to $134,252. The federal government's executive pay scale increased by 6.3 percent during the same period."
By Matthew Cella
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
July 18, 2006