Just a few notes. Notice where it says
- a councilmember job is part-time
- few restrictions on outside income
- addition stipends or "lulus" givent at the speaker's
discretion
I wondered what the mayor's lapdog Quinn is giving to
those who took away our vote. I wonder who she threatened to get their vote also.
Avella, McMahon and Monserrate all voted NO to overturning term limits even
though they are in their 2nd term. They voted against a raise. These are the
people we need representing us.
Lew Fidler voted for raise and also to ignore your vote. He said he and his colleagues work very
hard and, like everyone else, have bills. Oh yeah, and I suppose your
work as general counsel for Lawcash doesn't make you any money. By the way, Lawcash
is a company that advances money to people that are expecting settlements from
lawsuits. They lend people who need money badly at outrageous fees.
Sort of like loansharks, if you will, but much worse. Yeah, that's Lew
Fidler the lawyer.
Lapdog Quinn's slush fund revelation probably killed her chances
for running for mayor after Herr Bloomberg was supposed to leave. Getting
caught hiding and doling out our money to friends of hers will follow her. She
can't get voted to anything after that, so she became a lapdog for the
dictator. Speaking of dictators, didn't Hitler have a dog? I think it's name
was Blondi.
Here's that article then.
From the New York
Post
COUNCIL SAYS 'I LIKE HIKE' & GETS
22G
November 16, 2006 -- By a 41-5
vote, City Council members yesterday approved a 25 percent pay hike for
themselves - boosting their $90,000 base salary to $112,000.
It's their first raise since 1999.
The pay
hike has raised eyebrows among good-government groups, which cite the fact
that the job is part-time, there are
few restrictions on outside income and
council members already enjoy additional stipends or
"lulus" given at the speaker's discretion.
Tony Avella (D-Queens) offered a last-minute
amendment to delay the raise until 2010, saying it was unethical for current
members to increase their own salaries.
His move was defeated, 43-2.
"There are times when it's important to fight the
good fight even when you know you are going to lose," he said afterward.
Avella's "no" vote on the raise was no surprise, but
the opposition of four others was unexpected.
Andy Lanza,
a Staten Island Republican who is also a state senator-elect, voted "no" to
make a statement against Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum
. She is scheduled to get a $15,000 raise to $165,000 and he
believes her office should be abolished.
Hiram Monserrate (D-Queens) voted "no" because he
thinks a different body should decide on council raises.
Mike McMahon (D-S.I.) opposed the raise for the same
reason.
But others strongly defended it.
"I love
this job. If I could I'd do it for nothing," said Lew Fidler
(D-Brooklyn).
He said he and his colleagues work very hard and,
like everyone else, have bills.
Speaker
Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) insisted:
"There is nothing unethical about the vote we are taking today . . . We can be
judged on it by our constituents if they disagree with it."
Mayor Bloomberg still must sign the bill, which makes
the raises retroactive to Nov 1.
frankie.edozien@nypost.com