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| Palin to refuse proposed $25K pay hike |
| 2008-12-19 |
| Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said she would refuse a $25,000 pay raise during her current term as Alaska governor. A state commission recommended boosting the governor's pay to $150,000 from $125,000. The five-member state Officers Compensation Commission, created by the state Legislature, also said legislators needed more money, along with the lieutenant governor and government department heads, the Anchorage Daily News reported. If the commission pushes ahead with a pay raise, Palin will not accept the money, spokesman Bill McAllister said. "Her view is, it's just not appropriate to accept a pay raise in the middle of the term," he told the newspaper. Palin's term ends in 2010. Palin makes 46 percent more than her most recent predecessor, Frank Murkowski, but is the 24th-lowest paid governor, the commission said. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 A long time ago my dad was a state rep. for two terms, and after each race, whatever campaign funds he had remaining he'd refund, pro-rata, to the donors. I suspect someone else has done this somewhere else, but I'm waiting for a higher level or federal rep. to make a show of such methods. Taken separately, fund raising isn't bad, and parties aren't bad, and multiple terms aren't bad, but add them together and multiply them and you get permanent campaigns and our exemplary governor here in Illinois. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2008-12-19 19:57 |
| #5 Meanwhile, out ace Congresscritters allow their next pay raise to continue automaticly, $4700 more for the most ethical elites who practice recess breaks best. |
| Posted by: Muggsy Glink 2008-12-19 18:16 |
| #4 smart move.She's a keeper, and I love seeing PDS explode Lib heads |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-12-19 18:03 |
| #3 for all the ppl who made fun of or said anything deragatory about her, she sure does seem likke more of a normal person than anyone else who is in government |
| Posted by: rabid whitetail 2008-12-19 12:17 |
| #2 "Her view is, it's just not appropriate to accept a pay raise in the middle of the term," Refreshing! I'd wager American voters would be ecstatic to have someone of her character and grit in Washington. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-12-19 10:27 |
| #1 Good for her. Finally, a government official that doesn't see the public as a giant feeding trough. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-12-19 10:17 |