Furlough watch: Sen. Bobby Zirkin
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Earlier this year, state senators and delegates were asked by House Speaker Mike Busch and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller to voluntarily give up to five days pay at the same time 67,000 state employees were asked to do the same.
While a spokeswoman for Busch said legislators are being asked to sign a waiver for the eight to 10 days they are being asked to give up this time around, the details on how many days each legislator gave up in January remains unknown.
Patuxent Publishing Co., publisher of this Web site is asking the 21 delegates and eight senators to voluntarily provide that information. We’ll publish what each legislator says here and let you know when they provide that documentation and keep a running tab of who releases the information and who declines the request.
Sen. Bobby Zirkin, a Democrat who represents the 11th District, said Tuesday that he will release that information.
“Why wouldn’t I release it?” Zirkin said when asked.
“The public knows how many days 70,000 state employees had to give up,” Zirkin added. “Why shouldn’t we say how many days we’re giving up?” (more…)