The Real Reason for Repeal

     Some legislators are sponsoring a populist bill to revoke a 61% pay hike legislators voted for themselves in 2007...after thirteen years without any pay hike. Before you leap on the revocation bandwagon, would you consider it fair for the company you work for to go that long with no increase?
     Why is the revocation an amendment to Alabama's much-amended 1901 constitution? It could be done through a simple legislative vote, but instead the legislators have tied it to a scheme to get lawmakers salary tied to the median income in the state. If that goes up, they get a raise.
     It's supposed to be an incentive for legislators to do whatever it is they're supposed to do to increase salaries in Alabama.
     But there's a less obvious reason to do it as an amendment. That will give voters more of a reason to go to the polls in November. Think of it as a taxpayer funded Get-Out-The-Vote program for candidates of certain parties.   
    Democratic and Republican legislators have been using the tactic for a very long time.
    Watch for ads in October urging people to go revoke that big pay hike, and by the way, how about voting for our party while you're at the polls!