Did you know that the average salary for Greenwich teachers will soon be $96,000? I didn't.

The RTM does, now. In fairness to the fiscally-sound members of that group, and even to the few in the other branches of our town government, Connecticut long ago caved into the Democrat’s public labor unions, and passed laws on mandatory arbitration that have left towns in a take-it-or-leave it situation.

I can count on one hand the teachers I had in elementary, junior, and senior high school who were worth $100,000 a year, even in 1963-71 dollars. I also suffered under dozens more who weren’t worth the minimum wage which, back then, was about $1.50; I doubt they’re worth more than that today.

But our union workers do have their supporters in town:

Our current Democrat representative weighs in:

“It is essential that we send a signal that we support our teachers,” State. Rep. Stephen Meskers, D-150, who is also an RTM member from District 6, said. “The culture wars are booming loud and clear across the entire country and I think our teachers are making an extraordinary effort at a very difficult time.”

And this is classic:

“I’ve worked as a teacher in the past,” District 7 member Scott Kalb said. “My son is as [sic] a teacher currently and so is my daughter. I can tell you that no one works harder for less pay by the hour than our teachers. It’s a grueling job and they deserve our support, not our scorn or rejection. Somehow there seems to be a narrative that’s crept into our town that our public employees are overpaid and underworked, especially our teachers.