AG Lynch to take pay cut
Published: October 8, 2009
PROVIDENCE—Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch has decided to do his part to address the state’s financial crisis.
Lynch says he will join his staff and the state’s other general officers in going without pay for eight work days this year, and four next year.
The no-pay work days are a key feature of Gov. Don Carcieri’s plan to cut $36 million and has already won the endorsement of many state employee unions.
A spokesman for Lynch tells The Providence Journal that the attorney general didn’t think it was appropriate to ask his staff to make sacrifices without doing so himself.
Lynch has announced that he plans to run for governor next year.
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I know he is going to run for Governor. I just can’t wait until he is not in public office.
Who ever is running against him, I pledge my time and support. I can’t wait, I’ll knock on doors, make posters, hand out flyers, hold signes, what ever!!!
Bye, Bye!!!
To ASK Y, he is not running for reelection.
Don’t you follow the news?
He’s running for governor.
I don’t think it will make that much of a difference in their pays. Not to them anyway.
I can’t wait until Lynch is up for re-election. Bye Bye
Does this mean that elected officials, department heads and non union personnel are exempt from the 12 days/no pay?
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