Is Marcus Allen a certified accountant or CPA?  Has he been a businessman CFO and or controller with corporate or government accounting background?  We know he gets an A for playing the political game and is hip connected friends with the mayor and city controller.  The question is what is going through his mind asking for so much money when the city is broke and looking to layoff employees.   The answer is GREED.  He was a city government employee who left to become a lobbyist and I do mean lobbyist not consultant.  Now he wants to come back to government and work for the city.  Don’t you think he is well connected enough to work both sides.  If he is hired I will give odds that a huge scandal will come down within two years.  How can anyone on the city council sit at their chair vote for this huge salary and think that this man is going to be the savior of our city coffers.  The mayor and city council helped create the mess we are in by over spending.  Hiring greedy Mr. Allen at such an outrageous salary is a travesty to our stakeholders intelligence.