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DEL.ICIO.USState lawmakers decide to skip pay raise
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
House and Senate leaders decided Monday it wouldn’t look good to take a pay raise when 100,000 state employees are going without one this year.
According to my AJC colleague James Salzer, the Legislative Services Committee, which is made up of top House and Senate leaders, voted to defer a 3 percent raise due lawmakers.
Lawmakers said they wanted to lead by example. Gov. Sonny Perdue has already stalled the raises state employees were supposed to get because of the economic downturn. Perdue has been warning state agencies they may need to cut 8 percent in spending this year because tax collections have declined.
However, the General Assembly is a separate branch of government, so lawmakers would have gotten the pay raise without action Monday.
Educators are the only group of employees paid with state funding who will still get a cost-of-living raise this year.
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By mickeyd
December 8, 2008 7:43 PM | Link to this
The State legislators don’t deserve the money they are already getting. They have failed to do anything about transportation, education, and the environment. They are worthless. better to pay them to stay at home. Less harm done.
By patrick
December 9, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this
big deal…dont they only make a few thousand anyway?