tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489283.post111568158583623284..comments2023-11-14T23:16:33.142-07:00Comments on LiberalDesert: Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11891443087499337731noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489283.post-1116208260496091962005-05-15T18:51:00.000-07:002005-05-15T18:51:00.000-07:00Sam- So what happened to a meaningful State emplo...Sam- So what happened to a meaningful State employee pay raise this year? Yet again, we (I am a non-uniformed ADOC employee) are set aside for more palatable issues. Instead our retirement contributions goes up again (for the 2 time in 3 years- that needs to be examined for neglience) a 2.5% contribution increase vs. a 1.78 raise, health care costs may be covered ??? And yet we still are some 23% under the market rate. In Corrections alone we carry a 20 to 30 % and higher vacancy rate, yet not a word from the Legis on how to staff our prisons .... We under go a tremendous incident, extreme overview, yet despite Blue Ribbon Panel/Maricopa County investigations, no action on this problem, just a flat 1410 per uniform while we lose our best and brighest to Border Patrol, INS and DPS ... Who has gotten come 8000 per raise just in the last 2 years. Why are State employees continually ignored? Are the Right that callous to disregard those that work for the citizens? I gues the answer is obvious, given the long term lack of action/movement on this issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com