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January 29,
2009 Volume
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In This
Issue
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cynthia.davis@house.mo.gov Special
Committee on Children and Families
Chair
Chair Special Committee on State
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Pay
Raises for Elected Officials?
You can count on me to vote against pay increases
for elected officials. Some of my constituents are losing their
jobs. Others are faced with a pay decrease. When we are
looking at cutting the budget of our state departments, it is the wrong
time to give raises to those who are elected. We knew what the pay
was when we put our names on the ballot. If most of the people
I represent aren’t getting a pay raise, then judges and lawmakers sure
shouldn’t get one either. I remember when I was on the O’Fallon Board of
Aldermen, a pay raise for the elected officials was proposed. I was
the only one who voted against the increase. To this day, I am glad
I did. Some history: It used to be that the members
of the legislature voted for their own pay raises, and most were
embarrassed to do so. In 2006, the legislature created the Missouri
Citizens’ In 2006, I also voted against putting the proposal
for this This year, the This week I voted to reject the pay increase by
voting for the House Concurrent Resolution 5 (HCR5), which proposes to
hold the salaries of elected officials at their current level. The
Senate could have passed its own Senate Concurrent Resolution, but didn’t.
Therefore, the House has sent a resolution over to the Senate with
enough time for the Senators to debate it. In 2006, when this same
effort was proposed, the Senators did not even debate the proposal.
You might say it went into the proverbial “desk drawer.” Because the
Senate killed the resolution in 2006, the raises
passed. We do not want to see this happen again this year,
and the House did everything it could to move the rejection of the
recommended pay increases through both chambers before the end of the
month. We need to keep these funds available for more important uses
of our scarce tax dollars. It’s just not right for us to even consider
raising our salaries until our economy takes a turn for the better.
My vote on HCR5 was the best vote I cast all week. I was joined by
about 128 of my colleagues. Now it is up to the Senators to do the
right thing. Your
thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about
pay increases for elected
officials. You can send me your opinion by clicking
here: Cynthia Davis
Yesterday, Jim Guyre (left)
and Steve Frank (center) drove to National
Do Not Call List
Several of my constituents have asked me if this
number is legitimate. I checked with the Attorney General’s office,
and they have verified that it is authentic. Currently, the Missouri No Call List does not
include cell phones. To register your land line on A Little
Bit of Humor…
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