Post by flash on Aug 11, 2016 12:21:27 GMT -7
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In the Best Interest of the Community, County Commissioners Give Themselves a Raise
Posted on August 11, 2016
In the Best Interest of the Community, County Commissioners Give Themselves a Raise
Posted on August 11, 2016
KVIA reported yesterday that the El Paso County Commissioners voted to give themselves a raise. The County Commissioners went from $62,000 to $90,000 and the County Judge went from $90,000 to $102,000. Looks like Brutus at elpasospeak was right when he said they commissioned a study in order to justify raising their pay.
Here is how Commissioner Perez justified the decision:
“We are the lowest paid in Texas, even along border counties”
If salaries don’t rise for elected officials, it will get to a point that the only people who run for office are those who can afford to.
Do we want to limit public service to those individuals who have some source of supplemental income? We need to encourage a broader group of people to run, not just those who are retired or is individually wealthy.
The rise in salary will also help attract more qualified individuals.
Commissioners deal with a $350 million budget.
The raise is still 70 percent below the market value of the state.
The raise goes into effect on October 1, 2016. So, you see, the County Commissioners didn’t do it for themselves, they did it for YOU, so that YOU can attract more qualified individuals to run. Of course, the raise goes into effect before any of the current commissioners leave office, so his reasoning is disingenuous at best. Perhaps their logic was that, since property taxes are going to go up anyway this year, they might as well get as much money as they can.
The median household income in El Paso is $40,133. The median for Texas is $53,035. Per Commission Perez’s logic, in order to attract more qualified individuals to El Paso, we must all immediately give ourselves raises, it’s the only logical thing to do.
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Some one please enlighten us to what these butt wipes at the CCC has done to merit such an obscene pay raise? El Paso County communities are some of the poorest in the nation but our CCC members act like we all live in Beverly Hills and try to tax us as such. The people on the CCC have lost their minds. The level of self serving greed is unbelievable. People where is the outrage! Sorry got to call this one what it is a big turd and the stink on this one coming from the county court house should offend every one.
Veronica Escobar
500 E. San Antonio
Suite 301
El Paso, Texas 79901
Phone (915) 546-2098
Fax (915) 543-3888
CountyJudge@epcounty.com
Carlos Leon
500 E. San Antonio Suite 301
El Paso, Texas 79901
Phone (915) 546-2014
Fax (915) 543-3885
Commissioner1
@epcounty.com
David Stout
500 E. San Antonio Suite 301
El Paso, Texas 79901
Phone (915) 546-2111
Fax (915) 543-3817
Commissioner2@epcounty.com
Vincent Perez
500 E. San Antonio
El Paso, Texas 79901
Phone (915) 546-2144
Fax (915) 543-3809
commissioner3@epcounty.com
Andrew Haggerty
500 E. San Antonio
El Paso, Texas 79901
Phone (915) 546-2044
Fax (915) 543-3854
commissioner4
@epcounty.com
flash
In the Best Interest of the Community, County Commissioners Give Themselves a Raise
Posted on August 11, 2016
In the Best Interest of the Community, County Commissioners Give Themselves a Raise
Posted on August 11, 2016
KVIA reported yesterday that the El Paso County Commissioners voted to give themselves a raise. The County Commissioners went from $62,000 to $90,000 and the County Judge went from $90,000 to $102,000. Looks like Brutus at elpasospeak was right when he said they commissioned a study in order to justify raising their pay.
Here is how Commissioner Perez justified the decision:
“We are the lowest paid in Texas, even along border counties”
If salaries don’t rise for elected officials, it will get to a point that the only people who run for office are those who can afford to.
Do we want to limit public service to those individuals who have some source of supplemental income? We need to encourage a broader group of people to run, not just those who are retired or is individually wealthy.
The rise in salary will also help attract more qualified individuals.
Commissioners deal with a $350 million budget.
The raise is still 70 percent below the market value of the state.
The raise goes into effect on October 1, 2016. So, you see, the County Commissioners didn’t do it for themselves, they did it for YOU, so that YOU can attract more qualified individuals to run. Of course, the raise goes into effect before any of the current commissioners leave office, so his reasoning is disingenuous at best. Perhaps their logic was that, since property taxes are going to go up anyway this year, they might as well get as much money as they can.
The median household income in El Paso is $40,133. The median for Texas is $53,035. Per Commission Perez’s logic, in order to attract more qualified individuals to El Paso, we must all immediately give ourselves raises, it’s the only logical thing to do.
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Some one please enlighten us to what these butt wipes at the CCC has done to merit such an obscene pay raise? El Paso County communities are some of the poorest in the nation but our CCC members act like we all live in Beverly Hills and try to tax us as such. The people on the CCC have lost their minds. The level of self serving greed is unbelievable. People where is the outrage! Sorry got to call this one what it is a big turd and the stink on this one coming from the county court house should offend every one.
Veronica Escobar
500 E. San Antonio
Suite 301
El Paso, Texas 79901
Phone (915) 546-2098
Fax (915) 543-3888
CountyJudge@epcounty.com
Carlos Leon
500 E. San Antonio Suite 301
El Paso, Texas 79901
Phone (915) 546-2014
Fax (915) 543-3885
Commissioner1
@epcounty.com
David Stout
500 E. San Antonio Suite 301
El Paso, Texas 79901
Phone (915) 546-2111
Fax (915) 543-3817
Commissioner2@epcounty.com
Vincent Perez
500 E. San Antonio
El Paso, Texas 79901
Phone (915) 546-2144
Fax (915) 543-3809
commissioner3@epcounty.com
Andrew Haggerty
500 E. San Antonio
El Paso, Texas 79901
Phone (915) 546-2044
Fax (915) 543-3854
commissioner4
@epcounty.com
flash