The House passed the judicial pay raise measure yesterday. As you know, a lot of people criticized the House for A.) dealing with this and not school finance, b.) tying legislative pensions to judicial pay raises and c.) not recording their votes on a pay raise bill.
We think it's just because instead of educating our youth, we need judges to make sure the little uneducated thugs go to jail.
Ok, so judges deserve a pay raise. But, with the way things are going in the House I'm not sure any of them deserve a better pension. Most of them probably deserve 'early retirement'.
Instead of worrying about how your representative voted on this bill, why don't you figure out if they have the first friggin' clue what's going to be in HB2 this time around.
For the love of Christ...someone send us some tips. If we have to write about school finance much more we're going to turn into super-nerd. The ins-and-outs of property tax relief does not get us laid.
Penguins - best internet alias. ever.
I wonder what would happen if legislator's pensions were tied to teachers'?
I've always said that's the best idea ever. Somehow tie legislators' pensions to teacher salaries. Brrillliant!
At this point, though, I wish they would tie their pensions, inversely, to the amount of time the little darlings spend in Austin. For every special session, the pension fund decreases by the same amount it takes to fund the session.
The Penguins are Psychotic...
Can you match the politician with the animal?
Somethinâ tells me
Itâs all happening at the zoo.
The monkeys stand for honesty,
Giraffes are insincere,
And the elephants are kindly but
Theyâre dumb.
Orangutans are skeptical
Of changes in their cages,
And the zookeeper is very fond of rum.
Zebras are reactionaries,
Antelopes are missionaries,
Pigeons plot in secrecy,
And hamsters turn on frequently.
What a gas! you gotta come and see
At the zoo.
Amazing!
Paul Simon is amazing.
Edmonton dominated the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night and the 4-0 margin in Game 6 makes it hard to imagine the Oilers not hoisting hockey's Holy Grail above their heads in less than 48 hours. And it would not come as any shock to see defenseman Chris Pronger, who had another 31-minute night, take the honors for the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP.
Food for thought....
Judicial pay raises are tied to legislative pension increase.....cute and cuddly boys, cute and cuddly.