2014 Alabama Governor's race: on Government Reform


Kay Ivey: Reduce legislators' salary; remove ability to set own salary

Alabama has seen the greatest growth in jobs and business investment since 2007. Successful steps have been implemented to streamline state government resulting in $1billion in annual savings. In addition, Ivey has presided over the Alabama Senate resulting in one of the most conservative and productive legislature in decades--some say the most ever. Keeping the people's trust while meeting financial obligations without raising taxes has been and creating new jobs has been the cornerstone for the past four years--let's keep moving forward.

Operating the office of Lt. Governor with 30% less than previous administration. Reducing the salary of the Lt. Governor along with legislators by repealing a 62% pay raise approved by the Democrat legislative majority during the last quadrennium and replacing it with a salary scale that ties compensation to Alabama's median income level. We also removed the legislature's ability to set its own salary in the future.

Source: 2014 Alabama Lt. Governor campaign website KayIvey.org Oct 30, 2014

Kay Ivey: 5,000 fewer state employees than three years ago

Streamlining State Government: Ivey serves as Chair of the Commission of Improving State Government which provided the foundation for the Road to Save $1 Billion while working with Governor Bentley House Speaker Hubbard and Senate President Pro Tem Marsh and the Legislature. In just three years' time, we have reduced this state's bureaucracy at the third fastest pace of any other state in this nation and saved our taxpayers over one billion dollars. Size of state government has been reduced by consolidation and eliminating duplications to maximize each and every taxpayer dollar while improving how state services are delivered to Alabama citizens. Currently there 5,000 fewer state employees than three years ago.
Source: 2014 Alabama Lt. Governor campaign website KayIvey.org Oct 30, 2014

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Candidates and political leaders on Government Reform:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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