Ed Priola for Delegate

Here is a excerpt from a recent article published in The Baltimore Sun entitled Affordable Housing Remains a Dispute in Columbia Rezoning:

[...] The Tuesday night hearing also dealt with a citizens' commission's recommendations for modest pay increases for the county executive and council members elected in November. The commission, required by county charter, suggested raising council members' pay $500 plus annual inflation adjustments, with the chairman's differential increasing from $1,000 to $2,500 more per year. The new executive would get $2,500 more per year plus inflation. That would mean the executive who takes office in December would start at $162,698, and council members would get $53,900, though current members have donated a portion of their pay due to the recession. The council can accept or reduce the recommendations, but not add to them.

Only one person, Republican candidate for the House of Delegates Ed Priola, spoke on the bill, opposing any pay increases. Questioned by Chairwoman Courtney Watson, Priola said he'd like to see council salaries cut in half, to about $26,000.

"This is a position many people would serve in for $1 a year," he said. [...]

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