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Article: Silence from City Council translates into pay raises.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- March 27, 2007
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Byline: John Fritze
Mar. 27--Without discussion, a vote or a mention on its official agenda, Baltimore's City Council approved pay raises for the city's top elected officials last night -- including an 18 percent raise for the mayor -- by letting pass a deadline to stop the controversial proposal.
The mayor, comptroller, president and vice president of the City Council and the remaining City Council members -- 17 elected officials in all -- will begin receiving the raises in the next term, which starts in December. The increases range from 18 percent to 26 percent. Earlier discussions over the raises, which will cost taxpayers $189,000 in the first ...