Your tax dollars at work - good value for your money?

Wondering where all your hard-earned tax dollars go (besides down the provincial government waste drain - see, for example, scrubbed power plants, air ambulance services, e-health, etc.)

Many of the tax dollars you joyously contribute pay people in the provincial public sector and so-called broader public sector.

The Province of Ontario has again released its ever-growing list public of sector salaries for the previous year.

Below is a sampling of some members of the local $100,000 gang for 2012.

The second figure shown in each case if the amount of taxable benefits.

And to get to complete listings, click here.

Some locals:

• City of Sault Ste. Marie FRATESI JOSEPH $187,207.53 Chief Administrative Officer $6,746.62

• City of Sault Ste. Marie PROVENZANO MARCEL $152,105.18 Fire Chief $2,672.14

• City of Sault Ste. Marie Police Services DAVIES ROBERT $193,465.91 Chief Of Police $13,165.66

• City of Sault Ste. Marie Police Services KATES ROBERT $171,367.75 Deputy Chief Of Police $9,165.03

• Sault Area Hospital / Hôpital de Sault-Sainte-Marie GAGNON RON $300,296.29 President & Chief Executive Officer / Président-directeur général $11,772.00

• Sault Area Hospital / Hôpital de Sault-Sainte-Marie LIEDKE MAX $186,077.34 Vice President, Finance and Administration / Vice-président, Finances et administration $936.85

• Sault Area Hospital / Hôpital de Sault-Sainte-Marie MOZAROWSKI PAUL $366,767.93 Associate Pathologist / Pathologiste adjoint $1,073.40

• Sault Area Hospital / Hôpital de Sault-Sainte-Marie O'BRIEN HEATHER $222,267.12 Chief of Staff and Medical Affairs / Médecin-chef, Affaires médicales

• Algoma District School Board VEZINA ASIMA $155,905.10 Superintendent - Education $6,936.11

• Algoma District School Board REECE LUCIA $174,266.58 Director - Education $6,755.03

• Algoma District School Board COLLVER KIME $155,905.10 Superintendent - Education $6,934.43

• Algoma District School Board MAURICE JOSEPH $155,904.84 Superintendent - Education $6,935.53

• Algoma District School Board SANTA MARIA JOE $155,905.10 Superintendent -Business $6,936.11

• Algoma District School Board TURCO MARIO $179,170.14 Director - Education $6,978.70

• Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario CHRÉTIEN MONIQUE $154,063.45 Surintendante de l’éducation $9,351.36

• Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario MODESTO CATHERINE $155,099.44 Surintendante d’affaires et de finances $9,357.00

• Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario PAPINEAU LYSE-ANNE $184,702.06 Directrice de l'éducation $11,363.56

• Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board BRUNO JOHN $157,463.46 Superintendent, Education $5,869.08

• Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board NANNE-LITTLE TONI $153,861.45 Superintendent, Education $5,837.20

• Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board SPINA CHRISTOPHER $153,861.45 Superintendent, Business $3,737.20

• Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board STADNYK JOHN $187,463.60 Director, Education $5,947.20

• Algoma District Services Administration Board / Conseil d'administration des services du district d'Algoma BELL KEITH $183,895.66 Chief Administrative Officer/Agent administratif principal

• Sault College BEATTY JANICE $180,224.99 Vice President Corporate and Student Services $555.72

• Sault College COMMON RONALD $284,180.85 President $390.15

• Sault College TIBERI ARGILIO $183,603.15 Vice President Academic & Research $556.56

• Algoma University MYERS RICHARD $199,000.08 President $15,919.92

• Algoma University PERLINI ARTHUR $142,838.16 Academic Dean

• Algoma University DWYER SEAN $181,840.08 Vice President Finance and Administration $13,279.93

• Algoma University SCHANTZ DAVID $163,000.08 Vice President Academic and Research $14,422.98