Mesa Mayor Scott "Big Spender" Smith and City Council Vote Themselves Steep Pay RaisesPosted: 2013-12-15 (Reprinted with permission from Gilbert Watch) DECEMBER 12, 2013 The last thing Arizona needs is for Scott "Big Spender" Smith as our next governor. Even after being chastised by three "Davids," on December 9, the Goliath Council defiantly voted themselves a massive salary increase. Mesa's government is growing stronger and more oppressive, while the citizenry is hanging on to full time work. Peter O’Malley, opposed a bike-share plan that was also approved Dec. 9 but managed during his comments to attack the pay raise as well. A government-endorsed bike program, O’Malley said, will hurt local businesses and deprive the city of “taxes that support the scandalous, irresponsible, corruption-breeding pay raises you all have your dirty little hands stretched out for.” Marcus Ray accused council members of seeking to enrich themselves through the pay raises. “I can’t imagine someone wanting to get into politics for money,” he said. “I mean, that’s the absolute evil right there. Somebody who is just full of greed.” Gene Dufoe said he represented the Red Mountain Tea Party in opposing the pay hikes. “We have too much financial problems with the federal government, the state government and we don’t need the city government to add more to this,” he said.
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