Culver gets a $13000 raise

The following is from a Des Moines news channel (8) website - short and concise. My comments follow...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Gov. Chet Culver and other top elected officials could be in for a pay raise.
A bill approved by the Legislature in the final hours of the session calls for a double-digit increase.
If Culver signs the bill, his salary would jump by about 10 percent from $130,000 to more than $142,000. That would make him the 12th highest-paid governor in the country.
According to a 2007 study by the Council of State Governments, governors' pay ranges from $70,000 in Maine to $206,000 in California.
Proposed raises for other elected officials would range from 11 percent to 23 percent.
Senate Majority Leader Michael Gronstal said officials didn't ask for a pay raise, but lawmakers felt it was time to bring their salaries in line with a midpoint range recommended for public employees.


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Ok, did I already say this: We need to vote these people out of office! C'mon! Sure, let's vote for a pay increase all the while, what we hear on the radio, in newspapers, on tv is the immediate doom of the recession. And just how are you going to pay for your pay increase of more than 10%? Hmm, let me guess...."fees" or taxes? Why not just raise both?

By the way, WHO gets a 10% raise anyways? Have you ever gotten that much pay increase in one year? That's ridiculous! I can understand a nice raise if you've actually worked for it....like bringing in more business, creating more profits, getting more customers. But, public lawmakers? What have they done lately, except take away more of our personal liberties.

Yes, Iowa is filled with people who actually voted for these folks. And I'm afraid they'll actually continue to vote for them.

I'm calling for a revolution. Let's get these guys out of office and bring in some 10 year olds who have more common sense than this. Not only would they do a better job, they'd probably even do it for free!