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Our local bureaucrats are at it again, approving salary boosts to hundreds of state employees including the governor (to $275,000), lieutenant governor (to $269,000), judges and legislators over a six-year period (“Salary Commission finalizes double-digit raises,” Star-Advertiser, March 14).
The Legislature can still reject the measure, but since they’re included in the largess (a bump to $114,000 for working four months a year), you might expect them to follow the City Council’s lead. Two years ago, the Council declined to vote down a generous 64% pay raise for themselves.
Our young people should get on that local government payroll as soon as possible.
Chip Davey
Downtown Honolulu
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