As the governor and the Legislature prepare their budget proposals and search for economic solutions, may I suggest a methodology that has been imposed upon the members of the state judiciary. It's called the "judicial reality formula."
The judiciary, the legislature and certain executive department executives have gone without any increase in salary since 1999. They have received neither cost of living adjustments nor any other increase in budgeted compensation for 10 full years.
The increase in the cost of living for the period January 1999 through December 2008 is conservatively estimated at more than 29.2 percent. I suggest all departments, agencies and …
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