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Lawmakers ponder government worker pay raises

Steve RobinsonBy Steve RobinsonFebruary 10, 20146 Comments1 Min Read
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Maine CapitalAUGUSTA – State legislators on Monday will consider a proposal to give government employees $5 million in merit and longevity pay increases.

L.D. 1639 is “emergency” legislation sponsored by Sen. Thomas Saviello (R-Somerset). According to the fiscal note for the bill, it will cost approximately $5 million through fiscal year 2014-15.

Through fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17, the package will cost taxpayers an additional $8 million in General Fund and Highway Fund revenues.

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Joe Demers
Joe Demers
12 years ago

What to hell are you thinking? Who else has gotten a raise in this state lately? And you want to take more from the rest of us who are trying to make ends meet and give state employees a raise? I just lost a lot of confidence in the common sense and possibly the integrity of ‘the smartest man in Maine’!!!

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