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6/9/2008
State Representative Greg Lavelle Will Again This Year Donate His Legislative Pay Raise To Charity
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2008
Contact: Stephanie Mantegna, House of Representatives, 302-577-8515
stephanie.mantegna@state.de.us
State Representative Greg Lavelle Will Again This Year Donate His Legislative Pay Raise To Charity
State Representative Gregory F. Lavelle (R-Sharpley) today announced that he will again this year donate to local charities the pay increase for legislators that was part of the Delaware Compensation Commission report adopted by the General Assembly by default in January 2005. Sticking by the pledge he made in 2005 to protest the increase and the process, this marks the fourth time Representative Lavelle has given away the increase.
Rep. Lavelle is one of several of his colleagues who opposed the $2,250 pay raise and have called for reforming the process. Rep. Lavelle is planning to donate the amount of the increase ($2,250) to six local charities — the Parent Information Center of Delaware, the Claymont Community Center, the Ronald McDonald House of Delaware, Nativity Preparatory School, Serviam Girls Academy and the Claymont Historical Society.
Rep. Lavelle stated, “The issue of the Compensation Commission has not gone away and the next report is due in about six months. This issue practically brought the General Assembly to a stand still in January 2005. I continue to be philosophically against the way pay raises for legislators are handled by the General Assembly and many of my colleagues share that view. The better way to deal with pay increases for lawmakers is via the annual budget process just like every other state employee.”
Rep. Lavelle said that he is supporting a reform initiative in the General Assembly that would address legislative pay increases. One measure, House Bill 2, has been approved by the House and remains pending in the State Senate. The legislation changes to advisory only the recommendations made by the Delaware Compensation Commission, currently responsible for calculating pay raises every four years for elected officials and members of the judiciary. The bill states that legislators would be subject to the same manner in which pay raises are determined for all other state employees through the annual budget process.
Rep. Lavelle also said, “Given the current financial situation of the state, I’m hopeful that we can reform this process and avoid the significant distraction that otherwise this issue will present to us in January.”
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