Those 5 percent pay raises the state lottery commission recently approved for staff may soon be reduced.
The state House today adopted an amendment to its budget proposal that would require lottery staff be treated the same as other state employees with regard to pay raises, reports Dan Kane. The vote was 116-0.
If the amendment, offered by Rep. Ty Harrell, a Raleigh Democrat, becomes part of the final budget, lottery staff will likely see their raises decrease.
The House has proposed an increase of 2.75 percent or $1,100, which ever is greater. Easley has proposed a 1.5 percent pay increase, a $1,000 one-time bonus and an additional week off with pay.
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Re: House wants lottery raises cut
Good job Ty Harrell. We can only hope our legislators in eastern NC will see what the issue is we have with ElectriCities of NC and Jesse Tilton. If you think these salaries are ridiculous, look at Jesse Tilton. He makes a lot more than the Governor and has mismanaged us all into a rate increase. He makes $500,000. There is no way this guy should make more than Erskine Bowles or Mike Easley. He has given 16-20% raises to people. One of his closest chronies, Clay Norris, makes $240,000 after 60% in increases over the past 5 years. They have 10 lobbyists raking in $500,000 and there is no issue on the table. The other electric companies have far fewer. One is a pay off to an employee who left after a short period of time and the lobbyists have turned over 75% over the past five years, including Alice Garland and Jeannie Bonds being run off by Tilton.
How do you think local government employees feel with this mob making this much on the local government retirement system? And in Wilson we will have a whopping 15% rate increase. In other cities it may be higher and it is crippling us individually and our cities. Why? Tilton did a bad refinance deal that cost us 3%, he has increased operational costs with his taste for the high life and legal settlements by 2% and the rest is legitimate fuel costs. Absurd. Poor people in eastern NC are now going to pay for this guy and his mismanagement. How can we recruit and grow with this incredible electric bill? When two lobbyists leave in one week and one turns up as a contract lobbyist, we are suscpicious. We are also suscpicious with so many lobbyists working on no issue. And, the board should turn in its $1000 a month salary they get on top of their city salary until they straighten the place out.
Tilton has told newspapers in the east multiple spins trying to create confusion but there is no confusion when you open your bill and know your monthly salary is flowing into his back pocket. Cal Sam Noble in Tarboro the Board Chairman. Be heard.
If you live out here in the east, come to the rate committee meeting June 27 in Rocky Mount at 10 am at the Braswell Library and be heard on these issues.