The Carlsbadistan City Council last night voted to give themselves a 5 percent pay cut to set a good example, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The council decided a couple weeks ago that because of current economic conditions we should take a reduction in salary,” Carlsbad Mayor Bud Lewis said in introducing the measure. “We felt it was clearly proper that we set the tone.” . . . Carlsbad cut $5 million from its $113 million operating budget last month by slashing overtime, reducing some services and implementing a hiring freeze. The city has not laid off any employees, as some other cities have done.
The council members will now make only $1,389 a month. If they really wanted to keep up with the economic times they would have laid themselves off.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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