Shame on the Colbert County commissioners for giving the meager pay increase to their employees while, at the same time, promoting a bill before the state legislature to give the probate judge a much higher increase in pay!
Yep! The bill # LRS2010-496, states that:
"Effective the first day of the month after the effective date of this act, ANY JUDGE OF PROBATE OF COLBERT COUNTY for a period of 20 years or more (i.e., Tommy Crosslin to be exact)SHALL (not will) be entitled to receive as his or her compensation an AMOUNT EQUAL TO 90 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PAID THE PRESIDING CIRCUIT JUDGE OF THE 31ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
and get this part of the bill: THE COMPENSATION SHALL BE PAYABLE IN EQUAL MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF COLBERT COUNTY.
So - get ready all you citizens of Colbert County because when the general fund runs low and Tommy's paycheck runs due, they'll have to raise taxes to be able to build up the general fund.
Wanna know who sponsored this bill???? So do a lot more of us! They won't reveal the sponsor's name yet but you get one guess ---- Black in the House, Denton in the Senate. It'll pass before you get their phone numbers dialed to complain. Betcha!!
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