From the article "The Legislative Fiscal Committee next month is expected to act on increases for the 40 who work for the Legislative Budget Assistant's office. The highest increase would go to the lowest-ranking lawyers who are assigned the task of drafting bills. Their salaries of $39,171 would immediately go up to $56,571. All legislative employees will get the benefit of pay raises granted to unionized state employees of 3.5 percent next January and 5.5 percent on Jan. 2, 2009. This will raise the lawyers' pay to $61,770, a 63.4 percent increase overall."
I'm all for paying fairly to get the best people working for our state, but a 5.5% pay increase? When do we get to vote the democrats out?
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