62% Payraise

By News 5

Published: Fri, March 16, 2007 - 12:03 am

A new twist in the controvery over a big pay hike for Alabama lawmakers. Last week, lawmakers voted themselves a 62 % pay raise -- but the windfall does not end there. According to the Alabama Policy Institute, a conservative think tank based in Birmingham, state lawmakers "also" approved automatic yearly pay raises, which means they would get a raise every year without having to vote on it. Lawmakers currently make just over 30-thousand a year. A 62 percent increase would bump them to 49-thousand dollars. Governor Riley says he will veto the raise, but lawmakers can override it.

How is your representative voting- Check out the list below for what they told News 5.

Against Raise:Rep. Alan Baker: 66th District, Baldwin & Escambia

Against Raise: Sen. Ben Brooks:35th District, Mobile County

Against Raise: Sen. Bradley Byrne: 32nd District: Baldwin County

For Raise: Sen. Vivian Davis Figures: 32nd District: Mobile County

For Raise: Sen. Rusty Glover: 34th District, Mobile County

No Answer: Sen. Pat Lindsey: 22nd District, Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington

Contact Your Representative:

For Raise:Rep. Jim Barton, 104th District, Mobile County

For Raise: Rep. James Buskey, 99th District, Mobile County

For Raise:Rep. Spencer Collier: 105th District, Mobile County

Against Raise:Rep. Randy Davis, 96th District, Baldwin & Mobile

For Raise:Rep. Joe Faust: 94th District, Baldwin County

Against Raise: Rep. Chad Fincher: 102nd District, Mobile

Against Raise: Rep. Victor Gaston: 100th District, Mobile County

For Raise: Rep. James Gordon, 98th District, Mobile County

Against Raise:Rep. Jamie Ison: 101st District, Mobile

No Answer:Rep. Yvonne Kennedy, 97th District, Mobile County

Didn't Vote: Rep. Stephen McMillan: 95th District, Baldwin County

No Answer:Rep. Joseph Mitchell:103rd District, Mobile County

Against Raise: Rep. Harry Shiver: 64th District, Baldwin, Escambia, Conecuh & Monroe)

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