Tallahassee City Commissioners Give Themselves a 61% Raise
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An interesting story by Joe Manausa of Tallahassee, Florida about City Commissioners giving themselves a 61% raise without asking the voters for approval:
Two unrelated events occurred yesterday that really got me thinking about all of the issues and events that affect the Tallahassee real estate market. First was an email from aTallahassee homeowner who needed advice on her home.
She is one of the victims of high unemployment, pay cuts, and lost jobs that have occurred in our area due to the struggling economy. The one chord that really struck with me was when she pointed out that she had worked for the State for 20 years yet had to take a cut in pay to remain employed. This is not the first time that I have seen this occur, and my heart goes out to her.
The second and totally unrelated event was an article that was published on the Opinion Page yesterday in the Tallahassee Democrat. Mr. Erwin Jackson has raised a question of the legality of the raise that the City Commissioners gave themselves without putting it to a public vote.
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8:03 AM
Very sad to read.. seems that too many public servants are too busy “getting theirs” that they are not stopping to ponder where our country, as a whole, is going. Of course we will all we go down together, including their own kids and grandchildren. Selfish is not even the right word.. it’s more like mass insanity at this point. I mean, with so much sick corruption taking place within our own borders it’s easy to see how our country will no longer belong to us, unless people start waking up, and quickly! We are setting ourselves up to be raped, beaten, and killed by every other tom, dick, and harry which enters our way, such as, China, Saudia Arabia, etc.. it’s open season when the system becomes a whore.