Rawlings-Blake to give away $4,000 pay raise
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will give away her annual pay raise of about $4,000, her office announced Monday.
The mayor, who makes $155,493 annually, will give the 2.5 percent salary increase to the city's YouthWorks program, which helps find summer jobs for city teenagers and young adults, according to a statement from the mayor's spokesman, Ryan O'Doherty.
Rawlings-Blake receives an automatic annual raise due to a 2007 law passed by the City Council, her office said.
YouthWorks is run out of the Mayor's Office of Employment Development. The program places young people between the ages of 14 and 21 in six-week summer work experiences with private-sector businesses, nonprofits, and city and state government agencies.
Rawlings-Blake also said she plans to participate in the city's employee furlough plan. The statements says the mayor has reduced spending in her office by nearly 20 percent in the last two years.
--Luke Broadwater
Comments
All political elected officials should work for free it’s a civic duty not a opportunity for fame or riches
Posted by: Mark | November 21, 2011 1:52 PM
Big deal!! I guess she wants a Gold star for doing something we City taxpayers did already. .
Posted by: vicki | November 21, 2011 5:20 PM
This is called a tax deduction. Her salary still will reflect the raise and so will her pension benefit. Lil' Stephie makes out in the long run. Don't forget her Pension System along with all elected officials is FULLY FUNDED. Not bad for part time work. Yet the City sings the blues AGAIN coming out of the gate. More cuts and freezes on this and that but it's all good at City Hall.
Posted by: Adam Watkowski | November 22, 2011 10:02 AM
This mayor is a joke, if she think we the people of baltimore city, is going to believe this crap. She and the city council give the 2.5 percent salary increase back to the goverment.
Posted by: mike jameson | November 22, 2011 10:58 AM
Note to the mayor: Next time, keep the money. You'll listen to a lot of the same negativity, but at least you'll have an extra $4K in your pocket.
Posted by: D Lange | November 28, 2011 6:24 PM