Reply #6: Now they are all "we didn't ask for it but won't say we will refuse it" [View All]

[rainbow4321]

What a bunch of idiots...you either agree w/ it or NOT...poor babies being forced to take a 30% pay increase!


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/031105dntexstatepay.4013b.html

He would not say, though, whether Mr. Perry would use a line-item veto to strike the raises or refuse to take the money if the Legislature approves it anyway.

"We're not going to speculate on what might come to his desk," Mr. Black said.

Aides to Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Attorney General Greg Abbott expressed ambivalence about the raise, saying they hadn't asked for it. Neither official's aides indicated whether their bosses would accept the raises.

"We're not going to play what-if games," said Mark Sanders, a spokesman for Mrs. Strayhorn.