Post by pavel on Jan 26, 2016 17:30:26 GMT -6
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards keeps Bobby Jindal-era salaries he criticized as ‘exorbitant’
When he was a candidate, John Bel Edwards said Louisiana’s cabinet secretaries were paid too much by then-Gov. Bobby Jindal, calling the salaries “exorbitant.” But since he moved into the governor’s office, Edwards has kept most of those salaries in place and boosted them further in some instances.
Edwards is paying the leaders of three executive branch agencies more than they received under his predecessor, according to payroll data and pay rate announcements reviewed by The Associated Press. And the governor has kept most other cabinet secretary salaries intact even though some were criticized as excessive when Jindal hired people at those rates.
Top advisers in the governor’s office are getting higher paychecks as well, with more six-figure salaries for Edwards’ executive staff than Jindal paid.
Decisions by Edwards to keep Jindal’s salary levels — and bump some paychecks higher — come as Louisiana grapples with its worst budget troubles in nearly 30 years. Public colleges and health services are threatened with deep cuts, and Edwards is asking lawmakers to raise taxes to fill gaps.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/14688093-123/louisiana-gov-john-bel-edwards-keeps-bobby-jindal-era-salaries-he-criticized-as-exorbitant
When he was a candidate, John Bel Edwards said Louisiana’s cabinet secretaries were paid too much by then-Gov. Bobby Jindal, calling the salaries “exorbitant.” But since he moved into the governor’s office, Edwards has kept most of those salaries in place and boosted them further in some instances.
Edwards is paying the leaders of three executive branch agencies more than they received under his predecessor, according to payroll data and pay rate announcements reviewed by The Associated Press. And the governor has kept most other cabinet secretary salaries intact even though some were criticized as excessive when Jindal hired people at those rates.
Top advisers in the governor’s office are getting higher paychecks as well, with more six-figure salaries for Edwards’ executive staff than Jindal paid.
Decisions by Edwards to keep Jindal’s salary levels — and bump some paychecks higher — come as Louisiana grapples with its worst budget troubles in nearly 30 years. Public colleges and health services are threatened with deep cuts, and Edwards is asking lawmakers to raise taxes to fill gaps.
Read more: theadvocate.com/news/14688093-123/louisiana-gov-john-bel-edwards-keeps-bobby-jindal-era-salaries-he-criticized-as-exorbitant