Here is the third group of the highest paid State of Illinois employees living in McHenry County.
Right on top is David Keahl, Governor Rod Blagojevich’s Director of Ethics Training and Compliance. He works in the Office of Executive Inspector General and was not appointed by Blagojevich his boss tells me. Keahl lives in Crystal Lake.
Looking at the places that pay the most money, again the Illinois State Police is well represented.
Michael Coli, a Blagojevich appointed member of the Labor Relations Board, is also on the list. He’s a retired Teamster’s rep and gave $500 to Dick Gephart in 2004 and $750 to John McCain last year. He lives in Turnberry in Lakewood.
- KEAHL, DAVID E – $97,854, Governor
- MINNIEAR, MICHAEL J – $97,795, State Police
- STUMPNER,JAMES A – $97,404, Transportation
- TRAVIA, STEPHEN M – $97,268, Transportation
- SZAFRANSKIBRIAN J – $96,985, Toll Highway Authority
- WOJCIKRICHARD F – $96,417, Transportation
- MYHRE, MICHAEL A – $95,941, State Police
- FELD, JOHN J – $94,429, Toll Highway Authority
- BUTZOW, ROBERT – $94,110, Human Services
- HAGMANN, CHRISTIAN LA – $93,076, Transportation
- SMITH, DANIEL P – $93,006, State Police
- KINAST, CONSTANCE – $92,371, Human Services
- COLI, MICHAEL G – $91,919, Labor Relations Board
- O’BRIEN, RAYMOND M – $91,655, State Police
- COOMBS, LESLIE B – $91,085, Employment Security
- CONWAY, JAMES – $90,507, Human Services
- BORO, ROBERT THOMAS – $89,916,Transportation
- HANLEY, BRION J – $89,863, State Police
- PELLETIER, AMY ELISE – $89,837, State Police
- MUSINSKI, ARTHUR A – $89,724, Human Services
Of the Human Services employees, Conway and Musinski are stationary engineers. Kinast is a Clinical Psychologist and Butzow is a pharmacist.
The IDOT folks are all engineers.