Posted on 02/11/2009 9:24:47 PM PST by Westlander
During the first week of February, the official homepages of Michigan State Reps. Tom McMillin, R-Rochester, and Justin Amash, R-Grand Rapids, acquired a prominently displayed "Government Transparency" hyperlink that allowed everyone with a Web browser to learn the names and salaries of these legislators' staff. In office for just over a month, this simple decision likely meant that the new lawmakers had become the only state officials to be so open with Michigan taxpayers regarding who is working for them and how much they are paid.
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Good post bump.
I thought it was Military Veterans
Yeah, they were both "jailed" - but Michigan requires "prison", not "jail" for a felony conviction.
The rubes were conned again...
BTTT
Wow, that’s got to smart with all those guys that DIDN’T put their money where there mouth was.
I love the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
During the first week of February, the official homepages of Michigan State Reps. Tom McMillin, R-Rochester, and Justin Amash, R-Grand Rapids, acquired a prominently displayed "Government Transparency" hyperlink that allowed everyone with a Web browser to learn the names and salaries of these legislators' staff. In office for just over a month, this simple decision likely meant that the new lawmakers had become the only state officials to be so open with Michigan taxpayers regarding who is working for them and how much they are paid.
Kudos ping
Our legeslature is the second highest paid in the nation. Second to California. Do you think we are getting our monies worth? And AND the Governor can not drop their saleries. So that part of the State of the State was a joke
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