This is also treading into a constitutional issue of this being an ex post facto law. I still feel that at the very least, ALL currently serving elected officials should've taken an ax to their bennies as a show of leadership regarding budget restraint, after all this group did feel it necessary to stick us with an income tax hike.

What I will give Rep McMillin credit for is manning up and telling why this bill went the way that it did.

Remember this:

"well, this may sound like just another politician...but i need to be careful, because i'd like some of my ideas/bills to get through the senate in the coming months."

I've already had some of the "-d"'s verify that reason played a major role in many of the supporting votes for this bill's passage.