[Vision2020] Idaho State Legislator Pay

[Scott Dredge]

Some said 'yes' that legislators should be subject to 'pay for performance', others said that they already were subject to it since voters could rehire or fire them every 2 years, others said that the pay was so low it wouldn't be much of a motivating factor, and the last cautioned about being careful what you ask for.  Comparing legislator performance versus teacher performance is apples to oranges as is the process of chucking out the so-called 'bad' ones.

From: thansen at moscow.com
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 14:24:48 -0700
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
CC: jeannemchale at hotmail.com; fritzknorr at gmail.com; fprd09 at gmail.com; foc at friendsoftheclearwater.org
Subject: [Vision2020] Idaho State Legislator Pay

During the Q&A portion of the AARP Candidates' Forum, conducted on October 19th at Moscow's University Inn, former state representative Tom Trail asked if the candidates greed that the same "pay for performance" concept, that is being applied to teachers, should be applied to state legislators, based upon job creation and economic development.
Some of the candidates jokingly responded that legislators don't get paid very much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv6pIA3_GVE Well, let's look at Idaho state legislator pay.
The Idaho state legislature was in session for 80 days during the 2012 legislative year . . .
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Courtesy of Ballotpedia at:
http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Idaho_State_Legislature

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Idaho state legislators receive $16,116 as compensation for that 80-day session PLUS a minimum of $4,000 ($49/day Per Diem - $122/day if a second residence is established)
Courtesy of Empire Center at:
http://www.empirecenter.org/html/legislative_salaries.cfm
That equates to a paycheck of $20,116 for an 80-day session . . . and that doesn't include $25/day for travel.
That amounts to over $250 per day, seven days a week!
There are a LOT of families in Idaho that would love to make that kind of money.
And . . .
Although several bills were passed by this year's legislature, we should consider the "quality of life" impact of those bills. Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares"
http://www.MoscowCares.com

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students.  The college students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
 
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