Voting themselves other people's money
From the Atlanta, Georgia
Journal-Constitution:
Atlanta City Council votes for 50 percent pay increase
Atlanta City Council representatives could get more expensive come 2014.
The council voted 10-4 on Monday to raise salaries by more than 50 percent for members who will take office in January 2014, after next year�s election. The pay increases of roughly $20,000, pushing the pay for the City Council and its president above $60,000, appear to be the largest in Atlanta�s history.
The vote is the latest move in an escalation of salaries that stretches back to at least the 1990s. With the upcoming pay spike, the City Council�s pay will have nearly tripled in twelve years, creating a potentially potent issue for challengers in next year�s elections.
And of course, there's the You got Yours, Where's Mine?
The controversial vote also sets up tense talks with city employees about their own promised increases.
And these morons will be re-elected. Destroy the nuclear family, destroy the educational system, hand out free gubbinment cheese and you have a job for life as long as you keep the handouts coming.
Posted by DaveH at December 4, 2012 4:44 PM