Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn ran and won office last fall on a pledge to cut spending. So imagine the blowback this week when news broke that, after cutting positions in his office, he gave himself a $15,000 raise.
On Friday, he gave it all back and then some, reducing his salary by $43,000.
“I’m the first to admit I got this one wrong,” he said. “I’m new at this, and it was the wrong way to go.”
KUTV reported Thursday that Bradburn, after trimming $20,000 in other spending in his office, increased his salary from $147,000 to $162,000 – more than salaries of mayors in Salt Lake City, Ogden and Provo.