[calcowgirl]

According to the LAO, all increases this decade have been less than inflation.

Riordan ain't a Republican! ;-)

[Mojave]

According to the LAO, all increases this decade have been less than inflation.

This decade? The LAO chose their words carefully, it would appear.

In 1998, Hopwood and his cohorts gave the state's elected officials an eye-popping 34% raise. They followed that up with another 15% raise in 1999.

http://digital.library.ucla.edu/websites/2000_999_037/9903/032199.html