Post by Logan on Jan 1, 2017 23:25:40 GMT -6
Snyder names critic of workers' pay Jase Bolger to state panel
LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday named former House Speaker Jase Bolger to the four-member Civil Service Commission, which handles pay and hiring issues for most state employees.
"Jase has many years of public service experience that will serve him well on this commission," Snyder said in a news release. "I am confident he will do a good job ensuring we have the right rules in place to help dedicated state employees excel while providing good oversight for taxpayers."
Bolger has been critical of state employee pay, saying during the 2010 campaign in a taping of "Off the Record" on WKAR, a Lansing-area radio station, that those receiving state paychecks "need to live within (their) means, and they need to be sure we’re comparing that to those who are paying those bills," adding, "today, I think that that is not lined up."
Bolger supported the controversial right-to-work legislation that passed in 2012 and has backed attempts to reduce public employee pension costs.
Read more: www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/12/29/snyder-names-former-speaker-jase-bolger-state-panel/95968290/
LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday named former House Speaker Jase Bolger to the four-member Civil Service Commission, which handles pay and hiring issues for most state employees.
"Jase has many years of public service experience that will serve him well on this commission," Snyder said in a news release. "I am confident he will do a good job ensuring we have the right rules in place to help dedicated state employees excel while providing good oversight for taxpayers."
Bolger has been critical of state employee pay, saying during the 2010 campaign in a taping of "Off the Record" on WKAR, a Lansing-area radio station, that those receiving state paychecks "need to live within (their) means, and they need to be sure we’re comparing that to those who are paying those bills," adding, "today, I think that that is not lined up."
Bolger supported the controversial right-to-work legislation that passed in 2012 and has backed attempts to reduce public employee pension costs.
Read more: www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/12/29/snyder-names-former-speaker-jase-bolger-state-panel/95968290/