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More Pay Raise News and Abuse

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I haven't been following this issue closely enough, and so I thought I would post some articles about it as a means of forcing myself to get up to date. Tailugat yu' pa'go na puenge, pues bai hu go'go'te ha' i fino'-hu yan hinasso-ku siha put este para un otro na diha. ****************** Enact the Payraise Rollback Editorial The Guam Daily Post 2/3/16 We encourage Gov. Eddie Calvo to sign Bill 204 and roll back the hefty, retroactive pay raises elected officials gave themselves in November 2014. We are aware that the governor supports the raises – as he has consistently stated – and that his signature on the bill is unlikely, but we are hopeful that position will be reconsidered, particularly in light of the government’s “cash crunch.” We have opposed the raises and supported the rollback efforts since the raises were enacted. They were enacted less than three weeks after the 2014 election in order to avoid any reaction from voters – whi