Now, you might think this is a desparate campaign move to find something - anything - embarrassing on Speaker John Gard (R-Peshtigo) that she can use in the congressional (WI-8) primary against him. After all, at this point she's a candidate in name only.
No, the Recess Supervisor discovers, the truth is much more simple and sad,
Dear Assembly Legislators and Staff Members,The Recess Supervisor responds,
I would like to clarify the request placed with the Assembly Chief Clerk on February 28, 2006. My verbal inquiry with the Chief Clerk was of a general nature.
The request was to evaluate why my office was denied a 2nd staff person during my 2nd term in the legislature as the Chair of Economic Development. It was also to request the personnel policy so that I knew when pay raises and other matters could be resolved.
Assembly staff haven't gotten a cost of living adjustment in about five years. They help pay for their health care now as well. The people who get all the perks - per diem, mileage, junkets to resorts to hang with lobbyists - they're called legislators. Rep. McCormick might know that if her staff situation looked less like a merry-go-round.
