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Presentation
Idea for pay raise was first presented for discussion. -
DENY!
Justices refuse to accept the idea and chose to vote against it. -
Passed
The PA General Assembly passed pay increases from 16% to 34% for state lawmakers, judges, and top executive officials. It was conducted at two AM and none of the community was present and it went without public review. -
Glimmer of hope
9 legislators have a change in heart and decide not to take the pay raise! -
Whats FAIR?
Ruled unconstitutional -
Metcalfe saves the day
Metcalfe announces 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 in office. -
Repeal
The sudden 'Midnight Raise" payraise act is repealed -
Judges benefit
More than 1,000 state judges will get to keep their middle-of-the-night pay raises even though the Legislature repealed the judicial raises.. UNFAIR -
Still reaping
Government reform advocates slam Pa. legislators for continuing to reap benefits from the 2005 pay raise -
Goodbye
Barbara McIlvaine Smith, frustrated about the progress of the post payraise reform movement, announced that she would not run for re-election in 2010