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HELP WANTED.

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Sent to us by a long time and careful blog reader, we present to you  a bill in the Florida Legislature to REDUCE the salaries of all elected or appointed officials (including ahem...the salary of Judges) by 5%. 10-01410A-09 20092020__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to public officials; reducing the 3 compensation of certain public officials for the 2009 4 2010 fiscal year; prohibiting the payment of bonuses 5 to such persons; providing for future legislative 6 review; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1.â??(1)(a)â??The salary of any elected or appointed 11 public official in this state whose compensation from public 12 funds was $65,000 or more in the 2008-2009 fiscal year shall be 13 reduced by 5 percent for the 2009-2010 fiscal year...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).