Lawmakers criticize Iowa Lottery bonuses

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liberal47 — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:19:46 GMT

Exactly. Let's see what rationale those thieves use when they take a 20 or 30 percent pay raise, and claim it is what they would get if they worked in the private sector! And that is what they will claim , is needed if, they hope to attract the best and brightest to public service. I maintain, the same applies to state workers in the lower etchelons, even more so, since they aren't going to get a sweet retirement package, as most of these fatcat legislators will rake in even if they only serve 2... [ More ]

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weshar75 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:49:37 GMT

Of course the lawmakers will slam any pay raise that isn't going into their own pockets. What to go lawmakers!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!! Go lawmakers!!!!!!!! Go!!!!-weshar75

Lawmakers criticize Iowa Lottery bonuses

Lottery Post — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:30:02 GMT

Iowa Lottery workers are about to receive up to $7,700 each in what their board calls incentive-based pay and what critics call politically tone-deaf bonuses.

The lottery board voted 5-0 Thursday to split $385,710 among the agency's 116 employees, with each person receiving almost 6 percent of annual salary.

The money is to be paid under a long-standing policy that rewards workers when the agency meets financial targets, lottery officials said. In this case, the lottery went almost $3 m... [ More ]