"I was hoping they would not ask for a pay increase for lawmakers and statewide elected officials," said Rep. Paul LeVota (D-Jackson County). LeVota attended the November 20 meeting in Kansas City to voice his opposition to the process. He said he wasn't opposed to pay raises for judges, but the way the meetings were handled.
"I'm not opposed to judicial pay raises," said Rep. Paul LeVota (D-Jackson County), who attended the November 20 meeting. LeVota said he had even worked on a committee last legislative session to pass a pay increase. "I just think they're [the commission] on an impossible time line."
Rep. Paul LeVota, a Democrat from Jackson County, said "We have the governor, we have the MOHELA board, we have the leadership of this House and we have the leadership of the Senate grabbing the cash, deciding to go ahead and take the cash as opposed to finding out how this is going to impact higher education."
"We want to make sure we protect the rights of citizens," said Cooper, who started his testimony saying that he had committee member Rep. Paul LeVota's phone records in his pocket.
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