Posted on 07/27/2021 11:02:05 PM PDT by Cronos
Elected Republican officials in a conservative Michigan county who gave themselves bonuses totalling $65,000 with federal Covid-19 relief funds said they would return the money – following days of criticism.
The Shiawassee county commissioners acted after a prosecutor said the payments were illegal, the Argus-Press reported.
The Michigan state constitution bars additional compensation for elected officials “after services had already been rendered”, prosecutor Scott Koerner said.
The commissioners voted on 15 July to award themselves $65,000 as part of a plan to give $557,000 to 250 county employees as “hazard pay” for dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
The smallest amounts for recipients were $1,000 to $2,000. But the chairman of the county board, Jeremy Root, got $25,000. Two commissioners received $10,000 each, while four received $5,000 each.
The vote was 6-0 with one commissioner absent.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
One commissioner, Marlene Webster, insisted she had no idea she had voted to pay herself
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She went full Sgt. Shultz. “I know nothing! Nothing!”
The communists wouldn’t do that.
In the world of elected officials, $65K
is Crumbs. Do this same scrutiny on politicians in the District of Columbia area. I would they misappropriate that amount and much more any fiscal year that can be checked. Nobody has the nerve to check. They would be called Racist.
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