James Carr: As far as I'm concerned, any Board member who voted in favor of these raises is a criminal and any employee who accepts these raises is a criminal.

From James Carr

Friday, November 10, 2023

There is a difference in receiving a justified raise and outright theft. When you look at the scope of the raises recently handed out by STRS to employees who are already receiving 6-figure salaries, the word "outrage" comes to mind. How can raises of 20%, 30%. 40% and even higher be justified? There are exhausted teachers being drained of 14% of their incomes paying for these raises! There are retirees who are being denied their promised annual COLAs paying for these raises!

As far as I'm concerned, any Board member who voted in favor of these raises is a criminal and any employee who accepts these raises is a criminal. No, they might not have broken the law, but not all crimes are encoded in the law books. Some crimes are based on moral deficiency and these raises are criminally immoral.