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Here’s someone whose publicly funded salary is close to the US President’s for managing 1,415 apartments, while the President manages the leading country of the free world.

U.S. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, who called for a federal investigation of former Chelsea Housing Authority director Michael E. McLaughlin, who was forced to resign after Mass. Governor Deval Patrick discovered that he reported less than half of his $360,000 salary to the state.

U.S. Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, who called for a federal investigation of former Chelsea Housing Authority director Michael E. McLaughlin, who was forced to resign after Mass. Governor Deval Patrick discovered that he reported less than half of his $360,000 salary to the state.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.