Campaign Work Tied To House Bonuses

From the story: Erin L. Madison spent nine months doing campaign work last year, but her bosses say it was her three months of government work that earned her a $9,565 taxpayer-funded bonus.

Michele Borlinghaus spent four months on the campaign trail and still received a $15,065 bonus.

Both Ms. Madison and Ms. Borlinghaus work for the Democratic Office of Legislative Research, the same office that was raided Aug. 23 by agents from the state attorney general's office who are trying to determine whether taxpayer money was used to compensate employees for work on political campaigns, which would be illegal. Read more…

As noted before, I hope that the state Attorney General’s office looks into the bonuses paid to the staffers of both parties.

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