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Thank you to Council members Augie Tulba and Andria Tupola for their opposition to the ridiculously outrageous 64% pay raise. We voters have a right to know where the other members stand. But all we have is silence from the other six members and a muddled response from Chairman Tommy Waters.
What happened to transparency? When all nine members were running for office, they expressed a desire to solve our pressing problems. They knew what the pay was. I am hoping that the new members, Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, Val Okimoto and Matt Weyer will not succumb to the opinions of other members who touted how they have to attend meetings and events outside of regular hours.
I am not opposed to a reasonable pay raise. If this salary increase is approved, than a precedent will be set for all government workers to demand the same.
Melissa Otaguro
McCully
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