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I wonder how many businesses are planning to give bonuses out of savings instead of fixing the jail and crumbling buildings.

If Wyrick can't win in the face of this outrageous vote, then he is a terrible politician.

You are correct, Max, that these idiots will never learn! Too bad, too, because Pulaski County needs many improvements which will have to wait until public confidence is restored. I'm not voting FOR Wyrick; I'm voting AGAINST Villines and all other incumbents.

Thank You Max; this is excessive and stupid. I would say Villines had better get his head out but I don't think that is possible. I hate see Wyrick win on a protest vote but, we've needed one for 40 years. May Stodola will be next.

Boy oh boy would we be wealthier if hubby had a job that allowed him or a buddy of his to set his salary and determine his perks. Hopefully, he wouldn't be too excessive...he'd keep a smidgen of fairness/self-respect...after we filled our coffers.

Given the current economic situation, this is akin to Antoinette's cake decree.

Um...we could use my wife's 5% bonus.

Um....gjdodger....I could use a rebate in tax money for my portion of your wife's and her coworkers 5% bonus.

That's a Big Dam bonus!

That's funny, my SO hasn't received a 5% pay raise this year. 2%, yes, but not 5%. 2% is a joke (problems in the county aside) after having not received ANY pay bump in 3 years.

ARK. BLOG: I'm sympathetic and don't doubt there are many emloyees who deserve more money. But: 1) employees got 3 percent at first of year and then 2 percent on anniversary date of their employment for a total of 5 2) state employees, by way of comparison, have been rocking along at 2 percent COLAs for a number of years. 3) 2 percent looks good to small private businesses that have seen wage freezes the last couple of years, particularly given the relative luxury of public employees' health insurance plans. 4) rolling in the elected officials is the real stinker in this deal.

The Pulaski County Deputies are in dire need of a pay raise!

County employees have not received any regular raises for a few years now.

Yes, there was a pay raise this year. There was not a raise in 2005 or 2006 or 2007 at all. There will be no raise in 2009.

What is being proposed is a one time bonus and nothing else.

That's reactionary, Republican crap, Stump, and it leads me to wonder what the hell you're doing patronizing an alternative weekly publication. As earlier posters noted, county employees went without raises for a good, long time, and I have gone ever-heavily into debt trying to pay the bills. I believe the 5% bonus would cost you $10. Big freaking deal. How childish. I imagine you'll be voting for McCain next month.

It seems the appropriate time to drop into LOLspeak, as popularized at www.icanhascheezburger.com (you know, those funny cats):

I can has raise?

No?

Sumbuddy be takin' my raise!

I can has county job? County job has a flavr!