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August 22, 2007
deJongh addresses intent of Executive Order 437-2007 Government House today issued a statement from Governor John P. deJongh Jr. clarifying the intent of Executive Order 437-2007 dated August 14, 2007. The order is solely to accommodate the salary set by the Governor for the position of Commissioner of Education. The Governor sought to dispel the inaccurate and misguided remarks directed at members of the Senate and others that the Executive Order was an indirect attempt to engineer a further raise in compensation for these officials. deJongh said, “The Executive Order was needed to implement the compensation that I felt was necessary to attract the person I felt best suited to transform our public education system and to lead the largest department in our Government. It has no other impact or effect and the public should be assured of this.” The Executive Order forwarded to the Senate last week does not change the lower end of the Commissioner’s salary scale, therefore the salaries of senators are not affected. By law, the salary of a senator is identical to that of the lowest paid Commissioner or agency head in the Executive Branch which is $85,000. One can only suspect that politics might have had something to do with the spreading of the misinformation regarding the Executive Order, concluded deJongh. Copies of the Executive Order may be obtained from the Government House Public Relations Office, 774-0294, or on-line at www.governordejongh.com. |
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