Senate committee approves measure to raise governor's salary [View All]

[rainbow4321]

Just peachy...the state is in the red, we can't afford to fund schools or much else, but they are about to given THEMSELVES a friggin' 30%+ PAYRAISE!!!


http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D88OOO400.html

As lawmakers debate over salary increases for teachers, a Senate committee approved a proposal that would give the governor and other elected officials a more than 30 percent raise.

Under the measure, Perry's annual salary would increase from $115,000 to $150,000. The pay for other statewide elected officials would go up from $92,217 to $125,000

"They're entitled to that level of compensation," said committee chairman Steve Ogden, the Bryan Republican who sponsored the measure. "Like anything else in state government, you get what you pay for."

The last raise for state officials, about a 20 percent increase, came in 1995