Kentucky Votes Forum

Introduced in the House on January 17, 2006, an amended bill to appropriate 3% more over the biennium than the introduced budget. The amended bill would appropriate from the General Fund, General Fund (Tobacco), Road Fund, Restricted Funds, Federal Funds, Bond Funds, Highway Bonds, Agency Bonds, Capital Construction Surplus, Investment Income, and other funds, $389,250,100 in fiscal year 2005-2006, $25,579,589,400 in fiscal year 2006-2007, and $22,522,977,500 in fiscal year 2007-2008

The vote was 97 in favor, 0 opposed and 3 not voting

(House Roll Call 320 at House Journal 0)

Click here to view bill details.

again.

Like the state budget is a jobs welfare program for state employees? Same raises for everyone? What about more money for higher performing employees and easier procedures to fire the low performers? I think I've heard of that kind of system somewhere before. Oh yeah, that's right. EVERYWHERE ELSE. This isn't a full employment welfare program. If you don't like the system, get a job in the private sector and duke it out like the rest of us.

Who should be the priority, 30,000 state employees who are already protected from being fired or even disciplined, have health coverage and pensions that are the envy of private employees... or the 4 million other Kentuckians that pay for their gravy train?

Gov. Fletcher once again has missed the boat on pay raises for state workers and the state police. I thought it was law that state workers were to receive a 5% pay increase yearly; not a dollar amount. How can he justify giving someone that has worked for the state 20 years a $600.00 pay raise and give someone that has worked for the state less than five years a $2,000.00 pay raise. On top of that, how can he justify giving the State Police a pay raise this year and then next year give them a $3,700.00 pay raise across the board. Once again he is trying to take away from the state workers and give to others. State workers have families too that rely on those pay raises; just like workers in the private sector rely on their pay raises as well.

About 1 in every 5 state workers should be fired immediately. The rest of those workers should be given raises based on performance.

I think the picture that everyone still has in their heads of a state worker is. The one of 5 guys (I'am sorry) workers standing around watching the one worker do the job, while the others lean on the shovel or rack. One of the other Governor's took care of that problem. He sold all the tractors and mowing equipment and got all of his BIG CAMPAIGN MONEY PEOPLE the contracts and now look at your roads and the trash along the sides of the roads. The state workers DO NOT MAKE BIG BUCKS like alot of people think. There is waste in everything where there are people doing the work. That's why everything is so expense in almost everything we purchase. LOOK AT WASHINGTON D.C.

That does not just go for state workers. I am a state worker and have to deal with alot of private contactors because the state has, over the years cut back on hiring workers. I am here to tell you, IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S ONLY STATE WORKERS YOU BETTER WAKE UP OR GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF the sand. One more thing, all state workers do not work and i REPEAT DO NOT WORK in Frankfort. There are a lot of Great State HARD workers in Frankfort and in every county in Kentucky but if you will admit(the person that said one in every five should be fired)and if there is more than two adults in your family, one will do more work than the others. Think ABOUT IT. You Will Always have this state workers or private, nothings perfect in this world. PROUD STATE WORKER and if i do admit A HARD WORKER TOO.

This web site again has stated wrong information. It reports those legislators who voted against this amendment were against HB 380. They were against this amendment, not HB 380, it passed 97-0. Voing against a amendment to a Bill does not mean the legislator is against the Bill itself. Everyone who voted on this amendment, yes or no, were for HB 380.

You're stupid!

You're statement is wrong!

AMEN!

A stupid statement!

The taxpayers of Ky should realize that state employees work as hard if not harder than some private citizens and they deserve and expect a raise just as I would in my job. But the governor has control over the amount, but if they were told 5% than that is what they should receive. And what about our lawmakers, did they get 5% or better, of course not they set their own wages. Think about it.

Just as hard or harder.... okay... okay. Just... yeah. If you say so....