[Vision2020] Idaho State Legislator Pay

[Paul Rumelhart]

I wasn't arguing any particular side, just wanting to correct your 
inflation of their pay amounts.  But, what the heck.

The quip about making politician's pay be merit-based is a cute 
sound-bite, but that's about all it is.  What is more merit-based than 
having to be re-elected by popular vote every few years?  If they are 
not doing well enough, they are out of a job.

Is it so evil to want teachers to be rehired based solely upon how well 
they are teaching their kids and not because they've been there forever 
and no one can get rid of them?  I can think of some problems with this 
approach, namely how do we determine how well they are doing and do we 
really want teachers more concerned every year with getting rehired than 
with teaching their classes, but on the whole the idea seems to make 
sense.  Is there more to this proposition than is apparent here?

Paul

Btw, I deleted the obligatory list of extra contacts from the CC lines.  
Maybe they should join the list?

On 10/21/2012 08:41 PM, Tom Hansen wrote:
> Paul Rumelhart suggests:
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> "The job of a state legislator encompasses more than just those 80 days.  I'll bet they put in a lot of time outside that window, especially if they are trying to get some legislation developed.  I'm sure it varies from person to person."
>
> And the difference between a state legislator and a public school teacher is . . .?
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> Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .
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> "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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> On Oct 21, 2012, at 8:30 PM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> The job of a state legislator encompasses more than just those 80 days.  I'll bet they put in a lot of time outside that window, especially if they are trying to get some legislation developed.  I'm sure it varies from person to person.