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TexasTowelie

(116,607 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 06:24 AM Feb 2017

Lawmakers proposes giving the next Maine governor a raise

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine has the nation's lowest salary for a governor and a lawmaker says it's time to boost it.

Republican Rep. Bradlee Farrin is sponsoring a bill to raise the governor's salary from $70,000 to $150,000. The raise would start January 2019, so it wouldn't apply to Republican Gov. Paul LePage.

The bill is set for a public hearing Wednesday morning.

Farrin says Maine's chief executive is responsible for a more than $6 billion two-year budget and should be compensated accordingly. The lawmaker says the average salary nationwide is about $140,000.

Read more: http://www.sunjournal.com/news/maine/2017/02/15/lawmakers-proposes-giving-next-maine-governor-raise/2077992

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Lawmakers proposes giving the next Maine governor a raise (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
I agree that the next governor of Maine should get a raise, but... MarianJack Feb 2017 #1

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
1. I agree that the next governor of Maine should get a raise, but...
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 06:57 AM
Feb 2017

...the "glorious" Paul LePage isn't even worth HALF of the current salary of $70,000.

PEACE!

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