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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Pay Raises For Governor, Legislators In The Works, As Revenues Improve Slightly

Salary hikes for Maryland’s next governor, members of the General Assembly and other statewide officials elected next year are set to be decided next week by two compensation commissions specially appointed for this task.

None of these officials have had pay hikes since 2006, and the legislature rejected recommendations from these same commissions four years ago to increase the salaries slightly.

“Are they really going to pay attention to us this time?” asked Robert Neall, who was elected chairman of the Governor’s Compensation Commission in his absence but spoke to the other members by speaker phone at their first meeting Wednesday night. Neall had served on the commission four years ago, and “I feel like Charlie Brown with the football.”
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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

But of course.

Anonymous said...

He takes every resident's money via taxes - and now he wants some of it for his personal treasury.

Sounds like the Sheriff of Nottingham to me...!

Anonymous said...

They aren't worth it!

lmclain said...

Where are the people who come on this site and say "if you don't like your minimum wage job, quit and get a better job?"
I say the same thing to these bribe taking, payoff accepting, kickback soliciting, lying, cheating, thieving, nonrepresenting slugs. Hit the road jack. You are max'ed out on the public dole.

Brian Dayton said...

These idiots should only get pay increases when voted on by the tax payers. Just about everyone else has had pay decreases over the past 5 years. Just ask any business owner. All those in government should have taken pay decreases, as well.

What a crock!

Anonymous said...

Hell no, these back-stabbing crooks don't deserve any pay increases at all and that includes the governor.