From Loadstar

Rivers: $38,161.00
Walker: $60,231.00

Pomfret population: 4247
Woodstock population: 7964

See the Norwich Bull article.

Selectman Maureen Nicholson (D) said that she would “love” to fill the vacancy.

Becki reminded me that Jim was grossly underpaid as First Selectman with a salary far below that of Woodstock First Selectman, Alan Walker.

A day later in the Norwich Bull:

“I will not be seeking a fifth term and am looking at whether I’ll be resigning at some point before that,” Rivers said Tuesday. “There’s been no date set, nothing nailed down yet concerning my exit. This is something I’ve talked about for months.”