This would raise the annual salary of Arizona legislators from $24,000 to $30,000. In 2006, a measure to raise it to $36,000 failed by a 52-48 margin. Overview:
~97% support. I encourage a YES vote.
~Even though it is not a full-time position, it is absurd to pay state legislators this little. The governor makes $95,000, and several of her cabinet make $135,000 to $145,000.
~The pay for a legislator is nothing but a discouragement to decent people who don't have the luxury of other income sources, or of other ones that will put themselves on hold for half the year. Also, the hours they work are quite long, and it's not right to discourage decent people from seeking office by the mere fact that they can't make enough to live off of in doing so. I supported Prop 302 in 2006 for a raise to $36,000, and, quite frankly, I think it's embarrassing if we even paid them that little.
Links:
Proposition 300 - State Legislator's Salaries by PBS 8
Prop 300 - Legislative Salary Increase by AZCentral.com
Legislative Salaries Per State by EmpireCenter.org
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