Word has it that Westchester County Executive Andy Spano’s effort to slip retroactive raises into the pockets of 24 managers is not going to happen…or at least they won’t get the money that they hoped to get.

Political pressure is killing this unpopular move. In any event, readers have asked for a list of the current salaries and the proposed increases. So here it is.

Budget Director: $155,245 raised to $160,290.

Chief Advisor to County Executive (Susan Tolchin): $155,245 to $160,290.

Chief Information Officer: $171,815 to $177,400.

Commissioner of Community Mental Health: $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Corrections: $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Elections: $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Environmental Facilities: $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Emergency Services $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Finance: $155, 245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Health: $172,295 to $177,895.

Commissioner of Human Resources: $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Parks, Recreatoin and Conservation: $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Planning: $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Public Works: $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Senior Programs and Services: $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Social Services: $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Transportation: $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner of Probation: $155,245 to $160,290.

Commissioner/Sheriff: $155,245 to $160,290.

County Attorney: $155,245 TO $160,290.

Deputy County Executive (Larry Schwartz): $157,370 to $162,485.

Director of Real Estate: $155,245 to $160,290.

Pathologist-Deputy Medical Examiner: $156,450 to $161,630.

Pathologist-Medical Examiner: $172,295 to $177,895.

My guest on “High Noon” later today will  be Maureen Collins Baker, author of a new book, “Outrageous Hero,” which tells the inspirational story of her late brother, B.T. Collins,  who overcame serious injuries  while serving in the Vietanm War (He lost an arm and a leg) and went on to become an important, as well as colorful, figure in California politics.

The Collins siblings grew up in White Plains. Their father, James, was a school principal.

As always, the WVOX show airs at 12 noon today. Those out of the immediate listening area can hear the show live by logging onto wvox.com. The phone number, as always, is 914-636-0110

A special note about phone calls: I’m anticipating that some listeners will want to voice their opinions on the Westchester County budget and all of its controversial aspects…That’s OK, but I am asking that everyone hold off until the last 20 minutes of the show, until 12:40 p.m., and then please, keep your comments brief and to the point.

Elizabeth Warren, the highly respected Harvard law professor and chairwoman of the newly created Congressional panel charged with monitoring the multi-billion dollar federal bailout program, says the government has yet to develop a coherent policy in solving the credit crisis.

She told The New York Times that the government seems to be lurching from one idea to another and that shooting money into the veins of the banks hasn’t worked. The primary problem, she suggests, lies with the financial well being of families.

“You cannot repair this economy if you can’t repair those families,” she told the Times, “and I’m not sure the people directing the bailout see that as their job.”

Warren is an expert on consumer credit and bankruptcy law and has been dead-on in her criticism of the issuers of credit cards who bear a lot of the responsibility for the avalanche of debt that has buried many Americans. No doubt, a lot of people have stumbled into dire financial straits because of events that were out of their control, e.g. health problems, divorce and job layoffs.

But then there’s the Wal-Mart conundrum. When a mindless mob of shoppers, stormed the Wal-Mart store in Valley Stream, L.I., and trampled to death a part-time clerk on Black Friday, I was as horrified as anybody else. It occurred to me later that a good portion of the crowd who killed this poor man probably fit the profile of the very souls Prof. Warren seeks to save—those who are hopelessly in debt.

I’m betting that they are people so addicted to buying stuff and more stuff that they simply can’t help themselves. It’s not a stretch to believe that not a few of them are living in over-mortgaged homes that are about to be foreclosed and are driving cars about to be repossessed. They don’t save and they don’t live within their means. They spend and spend and spend and don’t even care what it is that they’re buying, or who they step on and crush in order to keep up with the Joneses.

I don’t like the idea of bailing out Wall Street and the banks, but I’m not fooled into believing that the garden variety consumer in debt is necessarily a victimized saint in this big economic mess. So when we bail out the debtors, which I know we eventually will, I’ll remember that Wal-Mart employee, who died so that others could live to experience the ephemeral thrill of buying flatscreen TVs on sale.