Our Views: ; a Good Veto; the Governor Wisely Stopped a Teacher-Legislator Giveaway
Charleston Daily Mail › April 09, 2004
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IN one of the most despicable, cynical acts of the Legislature in years, lawmakers this year decided to boost the pensions of 16 lawmakers who work for school systems to the tune of $9,000 a year for life.
One has to crawl back 10 years all the way to the 1994 session to find a more self-serving act. That was when legislators gave themselves a 130 percent pay raise in violation of the state constitution.See the full content of this document
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Our Views: ; a Good Veto; the Governor Wisely Stopped a Teacher-Legislator Giveaway
In a bizarre ruling, justices agreed that the act was unconstitutional, b...
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