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“At current salary levels, all well-qualified candidates must either have independent sources of income, or be willing to live on an income far below what their skills and experience would likely command in the market place”[/quote]

With the unemployment rate over %12 in Klownifornia, exactly where in the private sector are these people highly sought after?

Oh, and considering that they get lifetime pensions with medical, even for serving part of a term, they don’t deserve anything close to private sector salaries.

Even after getting convicted for his role in the pension scandal, Michael Zucchet is getting a taxpayer funded pension payment…for life.