Midnight Pay Raise - 2005

By helloworms189

  • Pay Day

    Pay Day
    Legislators gave themselves a pay raise over night as voters slept.

  • Public

    Public
    Voters found out about the raise and were fuming.

  • Pigs

    Pigs
    Gene Stilp flew a giant pig over the capital as protest for the pay raise.

  • Repeal

    Repeal
    Governor Rendell signed a repeal of the pay raise after a near unanimous vote.

  • Great Guy

    Great Guy
    Gene Stilp named citizen of the year by the Philadelphia inquirer for his actions against the payraise

  • Court Ruling

    Court Ruling
    The Supreme Court of PA rules that the judges can keep the controversial pay raise.

  • "Checks & Balances"

    "Checks & Balances"
    Metcalfe announced a package of "checks and balances" bills to terminate the judicial pay raise, reduce the term of office for judges from 10 to five years, eliminate the practice of judicial retention, and strike the constitutional provision that prohibits the reduction of a judicial salary in the middle of a term.

  • Later

    Later
    Election claimed several more members who supported the pay raise.

  • Forty Four

    Forty Four
    Act 44 was passed in an unconstitutional way.

  • Still getting slammed?

    Still getting slammed?
    Those receiving the pay raise continue to benefit even today, and taxpayers are slamming the legislators.