[NormsRevenge]

average pay raise between 7.8 percent and 9.8 percent over two years.


Try getting that in the private sector these days.

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Boy, I sure am glad the gUb is standing firm on important fiscal issues., imagine if a dem was in office and how big the raises would be. (/sarc)

[jrp]

The state, meanwhile, received a change in pension formulas for employees hired Jan. 1 or later that relies on a three-year average of highest salary rather than on a single year.

To make up for this, bet they just pile on even more OT just before retirement in order to run up their pension value.

[sr4402]

Uh, where do you think all these California Property Taxes go? Duh. Where do you think a huge chunk of CA Income Taxes go? Duh.

Who do you think will pay for these bonds? Doh!

[calcowgirl]

There goes the budget reserve!