Facing a lean revenue situation this year, Tallahassee-area legislators say they’ll try this session to protect proposed raises for state workers and state funding for rural counties.
Gov. Charlie Crist has proposed a 2 percent raise for state employees based on performance. But the current budget faces a $2 billion shortfall and some legislators say Crist’s revenue outlook for next year is too rosy.
State employees received a one-time bonus last year but no raise.
“There is a breaking point,” Rep. Loranne Ausley, D-Tallahassee, said. “I think our state employees are way past that.”
The state university system also is facing tough times, and local college presidents don’t want it to get worse this
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