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Panel can’t reduce salary of elected officials

The Columbian
Published: December 16, 2010, 12:00am

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The commission that sets the salaries of elected officials in all three branches of state government says it can’t give statewide officials a pay cut, as requested by Gov. Chris Gregoire.

Earlier this week, Gregoire and other statewide elected officials asked that their salaries be reduced by the same level expected to be cut from the pay of state workers.

But the Washington Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials says that constitutionally, they’re not allowed to reduce pay, only to freeze or raise it.

The commission says officials can either write a check back to the state, or donate it to charity.

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