Appropriate-Lab-5015 t1_ixzoyu2 wrote on November 27, 2022 at 5:30 PM

Reply to comment by partyvi in Pension for Baltimore City council members by 2468975

Council member as a jobs program. I'm dead.

To your other point -- very few wealthy people on country council in Baltimore region. I'm sure there are some but I can't think of 1. It's certainly not anything near a majority.

partyvi t1_ixzpjyi wrote on November 27, 2022 at 5:34 PM

This is why being a house delegate for Maryland pays $50K/yr - the only people that can afford to perform that job have other outside income. This is why regular people get left in the dust when the state writes legislation and contracts go out to well connected companies. Public service should be just that - public service, not a vehicle for the rich to legislate for more profits.