Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Symbolic Gesture
We just passed HCR 26, a resolution requesting the State Officers Compensation Commission (SOCC) to recommend a 5% reduction in the salaries of members of the Legislature. Big deal. Guess when the SOCC meets again? November 2008.
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Good for you, Jack, posting live from the floor. This is to be encouraged.
JM
They have tie-barred 4800, close double-dipping pension loophole, to the giant income tax hike (3.9 percent to 4.6 percent.) That means this is a test vote on the tax hike. The bill is on second reading, but nothing is happening, and at 9:00 pm the house "stood at ease," presumably because they don't yet have the votes and are arm-twisting.
Correct?
J
In 1999, former Rep Clark Bisbee introduced legislation that would put a SOCC reform on the ballot. Making it so that the legislature had to vote to approve a pay increase, not just vote it down. This bill passed the House and died in the Senate. I'd like to see you re-introduce this bill.
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