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This from the Sacramento Bee caught my eye. Find it refreshing? VAN NUYS -- A state commission decided Tuesday to freeze the pay of legislators and statewide elected officials, and sought a legal opinion on whether it can reduce the salaries. Given the precarious condition of state finances and the drastic cuts to government services that are under consideration, members of the California Citizens Compensation Commission said this was no time to raise the pay of legislators, the governor, lieutenant governor, and a several other constitutional officers. But commission Chairman Charles Murray and member Kathy Sands also asked for a legal opinion on whether the commission can reduce salaries, and if so, how it can be done. The commission could meet in late May or early June in Sacramento to consider that move. Benefits would not be affected. "We have a deficit of $7 billion" that news reports say will double by this summer, Murray, of San Marino, said during the short...
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