Raises For Electeds

This taxpayers of Oswego County was my argument on the floor of the Legislature on Thursday December 12^th. The vote was 5 against the raises, the remainder voted in favor of raises. Sad

1. NO ELECTED SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE THEMSELVES A RAISE, STATE, FEDERAL, COUNTY OR LOCAL.
2. EMPLOYERS ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT CAN AWARD RASIES TO EMPLOYEES.
3. COUNTY TAXPAYERS ARE EMPLOYERS OF COUNTY LEGISLATORS.
4. COUNTY LEGISLATORS ARE EMPLOYEES OF COUNTY TAXPAYERS.

5. THEREFOR THE COUNTY TAXPAYERS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE THE RIGHT TO GIVE RAISES TO THE COUNTY LEGISLATORS.

6. IF YOU WANT A RAISE PUT IT TO A VOTE BY OUR EMPLOYERS THE VOTING TAXPAYERS OF OSWEGO COUNTY. PUT IT ON A BALLOT AS A REFERENDUM. LET THE VOTERS DECIDE OUR RAISES FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM. LET’S SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR STATE AND FEDERAL ELECTED’S.

7. EVERY EMPLOYEE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE THEMSELVES A RAISE SIMPLE BY SAYING “I WILL GIVE MYSELF A RAISE” “I WILL VOTE MYSELF A RAISE”

8. ARE COUNTY UNION EMPLOYEES ABLE TO AWARD THEMSELVES RAISES ?

9. THE ANSWER IS NO, THAT IS A BIG NO, THEY MUST BEG THE COUNTY FOR A RAISE.

10. ONLY AFTER WEEKS AND SOMETIME MONTHS THEY GET TO VOTE ON THE RAISES OFFERED TO THEM BY THE COUNTY LEGISLATORS IN A CONTRACT FOR THREE YEARS. A CONTRACT THAT CAN’T BE CHANGED EVERY YEAR.

11. YOU MY FELLOW LEGISLATORS ARE ASKING AGAIN TO CHANGE THE CONTRACT THAT YOU ALL VOTED ON IN 2021 TO UPHOLD, ONLY TO CHANGE IT WHEN EVER YOU WANT.

12. VERY HYPOCRITICAL LEGISLATORS.

13. I ASK ALL OF YOU TO VOTE NO ON THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU AND HONOR THE CONTRACT YOU SWORE TO UPHOLD WHEN YOU VOTED ON IT IN 2021 AND ASKED TO AMEND LAST YEAR.

14. STAND BY YOUR WORD.

Frank Castiglia Jr.

Minority Leader

Oswego County Legislature

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