Tillis Gives out huges Rises why the State is in Financial Crisis

Via N&O news.

House Speaker Thom Tillis in the last few months handed out raises as high as 27 percent to half his staff after vowing in January to set an example for others in state government by cutting his office payroll.

Tillis' general counsel Jason Kay got a 27 percent raise, from $110,000 a year to $140,000.

Chief of staff Charles Thomas got a 25 percent, $30,000-a-year increase, from $120,000 to $150,000.

Policy advisers Christopher Hayes and Amy Hobbs received $12,000 raises, both going from salaries of $70,000 to $82,000 a year. Kay, Hayes and Hobbs are all new hires who joined the state payroll for the first time in January. Thomas is a former state House member from Asheville.

In all, Tillis gave raises to seven members of the 14-person staff he had before April. He hired an additional employee in May, paying him $70,000 annually.

WTF, why doesn’t this douchebag need a 14 personal staff, That were all the money is at. The state need to cut the fat inside of the NCGA. Tillis staff in total is close to a million dollars, I wonder how many teachers could be hire with a million dollars.

Yet he attacks Teachers who hardly make &40, 000 a year, while his new hires gets $70,000.

he defends the raises too,

"What I think you're trying to do is create a story that may not exist," he said. "We're still spending at a lower clip rate."

Tillis' payroll is still about 10 percent higher and his staff is larger.

Tillis is ripping off the state and he bitches and whine like a child over the Governor Taking her time to read the budget. I wonder what else this douchebag has put in the budget to make sure he gets to keep his staff of 14, hell I bet his office would run smoothly with 7 people.

SO which staff picks up his dry cleaning, who fill his car up with gas, and who does the very personal services??????????????

I SAY CUT THE STAFF INSIDE THE NCGA,  AND APPLY MONEY TO THE EDUCATION BUDGET.