Arkansas Blog

Here's a guy that can't win.
Cartoon. Click on Cato

Then politics has become for Max the art of the cheesy.

You know that any sitting elected official can be held to account for their pay increases
while the private sector is truly hurting.

It is symbolic that leaders are there to serve. They know the pay scale when millions are spent to get an $80,000 per year job.

At least he's not buying dog food on the Mansion account.
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Looks Like Other Ark Politicals Had Their Fingers In The Wind Too:

But Not Much...Catch crafty Baker of Conway-

LITTLE ROCK -- Arkansas lawmakers voted Thursday to cut the 3.85 percent raise they gave themselves and constitutional officers almost a week ago, when Gov. Mike Beebe signed the pay hike into law but turned down the extra compensation for himself.

Sen. Gilbert Baker, R-Conway, said the initial raise included in the general appropriations bill relied on outdated figures from the Consumer Price Index.

The proposed reduction, filed by the House and Senate chairmen of the Joint Budget Committee, calls for cutting the raise to 3.3 percent.

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