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Florida's War On The Judiciary

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

There's a proposal in the Florida Legislature to lower judicial pay by 8%. Combined with pension reductions, judges are looking at about a 20% reduction in compensation.The logic behind the 8%?State Representative Richard Glorioso offered no justification for the salary cut proposal other than a general comment that they had to cut somewhereCuts to other elected officials? None.There is an all out war on the judiciary in Florida, except you can't say that to the legislature, because it offends them - that someone would figure this out.Take, for example, the proposal to pay incentive bonuses to judges that close cases efficiently.But let's go back to the pay cut.Judges in Florida make about $142,000 a year.That's a lot, if you make less than that amount...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on March 27, 2011 (boomark / email).