Focus (Forum & Focus)
Aug. 1, 2008
Governor's Decision to Reduce State Employee Pay Is Flawed
The governor errs in relying on the Supreme Court’s decision in White v. Davis to support his proposed reduction of state employee paychecks to the federal minimum wage in the absence of a state budget, writes Gary M. Messing. - Forum Column
By Gary M. Messing
This article appears on Page 6
The state controller says that he will continue to issue full paychecks to state employees despite the governor's executive order to the contrary. That is the wisest course. The governor errs in relying on the Supreme Court's decision in the White v. Davis case to support his proposed reduction of state employee paychecks to the federal minimu...
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