Thursday, May 24, 2007

Mark on State Workers

"Mark's overall approach to dealing with state workers (and beyond) is to stop the widening gap between the haves and have-nots. He wants to build Florida's future by investing in a healthy, well-educated, environmentally sound life for all Floridians.

He wants to index state worker salaries to inflation, to guarantee that the people who serve the residents of Florida can afford the increasing cost of living in the sunshine state.

He supports guaranteeing raises in first part of budget rather than last.

He believes that retirees shouldn't be losing their insurance because of spiraling premiums.

He favors improving vestiture of state pension benefits based on the average of the highest three years, not the highest five.

He wants to extend health care coverage to those who need it most and who have no other means of coverage by expanding programs such as KidsCare."

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