Midnight pay raise

By dsharar

  • July 7, 2005

    July 7, 2005
    Agreed to up their pay from 70,000 to 81,000. At 2 a.m so people would not find out.

  • Word gets out

    Word gets out
    Gene finds out and puts a giant pink pig outside the capitol as a form of protest.

  • Denied!!!!!

    Denied!!!!!
    Governor Rendell signed a repeal of the pay raise after a near unanimous vote was taken.

  • Following election

    Following election
    Despite the repeal, a total of 17 legislators were defeated in the 2006 primary elections including Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Jubelirer and Senate Majority Leader David J. Brightbill. They were the first top-ranking Pennsylvania legislative leaders to lose a primary election since 1964.