Sunday, December 2, 2007

New York Judge Grows Protest Beard Over Salary Issue

Nine years is a long time to go without a raise. And that's how long New York's judges have gone without. And when I say no raise, I mean they haven't even received a cost of living increase to their $135,900 salary.

So Staten Island's Acting Supreme Court Justice Philip Straniere is letting his whiskers go as his way of protesting.

The story comes out of the Staten Island Advance (hat tip: How Appealing), and here is they money quote on his four-month old beard:

[T]the way things are going, my beard should be long enough by Christmas for me to get work as a sidewalk Santa for some charity."

Since first year associates at big firms blow the judiciary out of the water with the money they make, we can expect a decline in our state's judiciary if this continues.

And if the beard idea gets traction in the courthouses, things could get interesting.

Previously covered:

• Where Are Our Judicial Pay Raises? (1/29/07)
• New York's Chief Judge Threatens To Sue For Pay Raises (4/9/07)
• A Judicial Brawl in New York As Chief Judge Kaye Abandons Lawsuit Threat (7/9/07)
  

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