Proposition number four on the ballot deals with the pay of our city representatives and mayor.
In Proposition 4, the blank check I wrote about the issue and how El Paso Inc. had written that the city attorney was wrong.
Now after the El Paso Times headline article today (here is the link from the Times but please be aware that as of the moment that I am writing this it does not work–so much for being careful about what you print):
City representatives would get paid “about $42,000” according to the city attorney. The Times today puts it at “about $47,000”. The Inc. said the number is $50,500.
The mayor would get “about $63,000” according to the Times. Thankfully the city attorney was not quoted in the Inc. article. The Inc. wrote that the mayor’s salary would rise to $75,250.
For crying out loud
How can a voter make an informed decision on this issue? Try depositing about $1,000 dollars in your bank. They expect an exact number and so do we.
Based on the way the city has misled us on many other issues I don’t feel comfortable with this.
To me the real issue with this proposition is that the pay adjustments would become automatic every year.
No muss, no fuss. Voters need not do anything.
We deserve better
Brutus
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