I saw him on that show that Kelly Ogle does on Saturday morning and he seemed like a decent guy.
There's no reason to get a license that you're not going to use. Additionally, being a licensed attorney rather than a professional with a legal education can potentially open up your other activities to undeserved scrutiny.
Most of the people that I know with a law degree that haven't taken the bar make significantly more than the people I know with a law degree (with very few exceptions).
Statistically, licensed lawyers tend to be subject to bimodal compensation, with a very wide gap in between. The lower peak is where public servants and lawyers at small firms are typically employed, while the upper peak is where your high-level firms come in. But there are a lot of jobs in the middle that either only want a law degree or give a significant boost to candidates with a law degree, but don't care if you've taken the bar (and some don't want you to be licensed). Those jobs tend to gravitate toward and beyond the upper peak.
While Gov. Mary Fallin and legislative leaders waited for the completion of an independent study on state employee pay, House Speaker T.W. Shannon approved more than a quarter of a million dollars in annual pay increases for his staff, according to House documents released Monday.
Read more: http://journalrecord.com/2013/12/09...hefty-raises-for-staff-finance/#ixzz2rpR2OMI3
TW is like every other politician out there. He's in it for himself .........
Read more: http://journalrecord.com/2013/12/09...hefty-raises-for-staff-finance/#ixzz2rpR2OMI3
TW is like every other politician out there. He's in it for himself .........
Behind a paywall, got any other links?
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/government/oklahoma-house-speaker-oks-hefty-raises-for-staff/article_1c2db106-6122-11e3-ae05-0019bb30f31a.html
Posted: Monday, December 9, 2013 4:31 pm | Updated: 5:29 pm, Mon Dec 9, 2013.
Associated Press | 7 comments
OKLAHOMA CITY - While Gov. Mary Fallin and legislative leaders waited for the completion of an independent study on state employee pay, House Speaker T.W. Shannon approved more than a quarter of a million dollars in annual pay increases for his staff.
Figures released by House officials on Monday show about half of the 117 full-time House employees received raises totaling more than $280,000. The pay hikes for 52 House employees ranged from about 2 percent for a housekeeper to more than 30 percent for three staff attorneys. The salary figures initially were requested by the Tulsa World.
Pay hikes for most state workers have been delayed while a $200,000 study was being conducted on employee compensation.
Shannon spokesman Joe Griffin said the increases resulted from a separate House study.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/government/oklahoma-house-speaker-oks-hefty-raises-for-staff/article_1c2db106-6122-11e3-ae05-0019bb30f31a.html
Posted: Monday, December 9, 2013 4:31 pm | Updated: 5:29 pm, Mon Dec 9, 2013.
Associated Press | 7 comments
OKLAHOMA CITY While Gov. Mary Fallin and legislative leaders waited for the completion of an independent study on state employee pay, House Speaker T.W. Shannon approved more than a quarter of a million dollars in annual pay increases for his staff.
Figures released by House officials on Monday show about half of the 117 full-time House employees received raises totaling more than $280,000. The pay hikes for 52 House employees ranged from about 2 percent for a housekeeper to more than 30 percent for three staff attorneys. The salary figures initially were requested by the Tulsa World.
Pay hikes for most state workers have been delayed while a $200,000 study was being conducted on employee compensation.
Shannon spokesman Joe Griffin said the increases resulted from a separate House study.
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-house-staff-members-granted-pay-hikes-while-other-state-employees-told-to-wait/article/3912924
By Randy Ellis Modified: December 10, 2013 at 10:00 am • Published: December 9, 2013
State House Speaker T.W. Shannon quietly granted 52 House staff members pay raises ranging from 1.95 percent to 33.33 percent last July.
The raises were granted while rank-and-file state employees were being told they would have to await the results of a compensation study before being considered for pay hikes next year.
Photo - T. W. Shannon was elected by his colleagues in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as their Speaker for the upcoming legislative session. Shannon, a Republican from Lawton, is Oklahoma's first black Speaker of the House. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
T. W. Shannon was elected by his colleagues in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as their Speaker for the upcoming legislative session. Shannon, a Republican from Lawton, is Oklahoma's first black Speaker of the House. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
The three largest percentage raises went to staff attorneys, who received $15,337.50 to $15,500 a year pay increases. The lowest percentage raise went to a housekeeper who now makes $500.20 a year more than her $25,708 former salary.
The 52 employees represent nearly half of the state House's 117 permanent employees. Their combined raises total more than $280,000 a year.
Only seven state Senate staff members have received raises this year. Each received a 7 percent raise after completing a one-year probationary work period.
Shannon could not be reached for comment Monday.
Joe Griffin, spokesman for Shannon, said the speaker felt he needed to move quickly because the House has been losing staff members to other state agencies that pay better.
“We had an internal study here and we found that we had a problem retaining employees,” he said. “Time and time again it came up that pay was an issue.”
Even after the pay raises, most House staff members still will be paid less than their state Senate counterparts, Griffin contends. He provided reporters with a chart containing comparative data.
The chart indicated two staff attorneys who had been receiving $46,500 a year received $15,500 raises, increasing their pay to $62,000 a year. The pay of a third attorney was raised $15,337.50 a year - going from $50,662.50 to $66,000. A staff attorney in a comparable position in the state Senate makes $73,905 a year, according to the chart.
Jennifer Monies, press secretary for Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman, disputed some of the House's comparisons.
“Several of the ‘Senate Comparable' salaries on the House document are not apples-to-apples comparisons,” she said.
For example, the salary of the House's chief legal counsel was raised from $94,000 to $101,000. The chart provided by the House indicated a comparable position in the state Senate is paid $113,062.
However, Monies said the highest-paid staff attorney for the Senate is only paid $89,395.20. The Senate staff employee who earns $113,062 a year is the director of legislative operations, which she contends is not a similar position.
The House used that same $113,062 Senate salary as a “comparable” for the $105,000 salaries now paid to the Clerk of the House and to the House parliamentarian/administrator after each received a $9,000 pay boost. Monies claims those aren't similar positions, either.
By Randy Ellis Modified: December 10, 2013 at 10:00 am • Published: December 9, 2013
State House Speaker T.W. Shannon quietly granted 52 House staff members pay raises ranging from 1.95 percent to 33.33 percent last July.
The raises were granted while rank-and-file state employees were being told they would have to await the results of a compensation study before being considered for pay hikes next year.
Photo - T. W. Shannon was elected by his colleagues in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as their Speaker for the upcoming legislative session. Shannon, a Republican from Lawton, is Oklahoma's first black Speaker of the House. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
T. W. Shannon was elected by his colleagues in the Oklahoma House of Representatives as their Speaker for the upcoming legislative session. Shannon, a Republican from Lawton, is Oklahoma's first black Speaker of the House. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
The three largest percentage raises went to staff attorneys, who received $15,337.50 to $15,500 a year pay increases. The lowest percentage raise went to a housekeeper who now makes $500.20 a year more than her $25,708 former salary.
The 52 employees represent nearly half of the state House's 117 permanent employees. Their combined raises total more than $280,000 a year.
Only seven state Senate staff members have received raises this year. Each received a 7 percent raise after completing a one-year probationary work period.
Shannon could not be reached for comment Monday.
Joe Griffin, spokesman for Shannon, said the speaker felt he needed to move quickly because the House has been losing staff members to other state agencies that pay better.
“We had an internal study here and we found that we had a problem retaining employees,” he said. “Time and time again it came up that pay was an issue.”
Even after the pay raises, most House staff members still will be paid less than their state Senate counterparts, Griffin contends. He provided reporters with a chart containing comparative data.
The chart indicated two staff attorneys who had been receiving $46,500 a year received $15,500 raises, increasing their pay to $62,000 a year. The pay of a third attorney was raised $15,337.50 a year - going from $50,662.50 to $66,000. A staff attorney in a comparable position in the state Senate makes $73,905 a year, according to the chart.
Jennifer Monies, press secretary for Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman, disputed some of the House's comparisons.
“Several of the ‘Senate Comparable' salaries on the House document are not apples-to-apples comparisons,” she said.
For example, the salary of the House's chief legal counsel was raised from $94,000 to $101,000. The chart provided by the House indicated a comparable position in the state Senate is paid $113,062.
However, Monies said the highest-paid staff attorney for the Senate is only paid $89,395.20. The Senate staff employee who earns $113,062 a year is the director of legislative operations, which she contends is not a similar position.
The House used that same $113,062 Senate salary as a “comparable” for the $105,000 salaries now paid to the Clerk of the House and to the House parliamentarian/administrator after each received a $9,000 pay boost. Monies claims those aren't similar positions, either.
He might be, but securing raises for people who work under you is hardly evidence of that.
It is going to be a two person race between him and Congressman Lankford. T.W. Shannon is definitely the more conservative of the two, and he is backed by the Heritage Foundation. Personally, being a 5th District man myself, I'll be voting for Lankford.
Honestly, either of them is a good candidate, sort of like having two good starting QBs on your roster. T.W. is almost up in term limits, so this was bound to happen sooner or later.
Honestly, either of them is a good candidate, sort of like having two good starting QBs on your roster. T.W. is almost up in term limits, so this was bound to happen sooner or later.
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