In an abrupt U-turn, the leader of the state Senate yesterday called the legislative pay raise he helped pass this summer a "mistake," apologized to his constituents for adopting it late at night without public notice and vowed to repeal it next week.
Senate President Pro Tem Robert Jubelirer, R-Altoona, told reporters that he recently realized the public's anger over the package wasn't going away and that the issue had become a serious political liability.
For those of your who don't speak politicalese let me translate:
The man noticed his own butt was on the line.
Pointing to the failure of state Supreme Court Justice Russell M. Nigro to retain his seat in Tuesday's elections, Mr. Jubelirer said "there was an anger level by the constituency that I had never seen in 31 years" in the Senate.
Thank you to all who voted and sent the message that we are fed up and ready to fight back!
Post-Gazette
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