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Pay Raise Case.
The Democratic lieutenant governor and anti-pay raise activist Gene Stilp personally argue the pay raise case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in te city of Philidelphia on Tuesday, April 4th. -
Pay Raise!!
They passed pay increases for lawmakers, judges and top executive branch officials. The vote took place at 2 am and signed the bill into a law. It increased legislators pay from 16% to 34% depending on their position. -
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Angry Voters
Since the 2 a.m. vote on July 7, a number of developments have further agitated voters. -
The Public Outcry
The decision was assailed by citizen groups who raised a public outcry against the three party pay raise that was enacted without debate just after midnight on July 7th. -
The Repeal
Governor Rendell signed a repeal on the pay raise. The House Minority Whip was the only group that voted against the repeal. -
The Fight to Reinstitute
Even though the pay raise law was repealed in 2005 on November 16th, many judges have been seeking to reinstitute the pay raise by overturning the repeal law. -
The anger has begun.
The September 14th ruling has created anger related to the scandal and a legislative move was put in place to roll back judicial pay and take other actions against the judges. -
Reversed Raises!
After a four month public outcry and after the defeat of a Supreme Court justice in a retention election, Legislature decided to rescind the raises for all three branches.
