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Alabama AG Pay Among Tops In US

By Associated Press

Troy King's almost $164,000/ year salary second only to California's Attorney General Alabama AG Pay Among Tops In US

Published: Sat, July 19, 2008 - 12:45 pm Last Updated: Sat, July 19, 2008 - 12:48 pm

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A new national study shows that
Alabama's attorney general is the second highest paid state
attorney general in the country.
California Attorney General Jerry Brown is tops at more than
$184,000 annually. Then comes Troy King at nearly $164,000
annually. New York's attorney general his third at $155,500.
King says he had nothing with putting Alabama in the second
spot. He says the Legislature tied the attorney general's pay to
the state Supreme Court's pay in 1969. Then the Legislature raised
the Supreme Court's pay to among the highest in the country in
1999. King says both of those acts occurred before he was appointed
in 2004.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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BamaBob Says:

Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 4:32 pm

Were all the internet rumors about this guy just an attempt to smear him? Or is there some fire with that smoke?

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Opinionwriter Says:

Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 4:10 pm

Troy King had nothing to do with this. It’s the Alabama Legislature that is out of control with pay raises. I just hope this next voting season that we all remember the 62 percent pay raise that legislatures voted themselves. I won’t vote for anyone who voted for or accepted that raise. It is not a job. It is a duty that was entrusted to them and they are getting ever so greedy.

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