Pay raise for commissioners?When is the last time you’ve received a 38-percent pay raise? Douglas Bruce says Colorado House Bill 1295 proposes a 38-percent pay raise for county commissioners, which means El Paso County commissioners would receive a jump in salary from $63,202 to $87,300. Don’t be monkeying around with our tax dollars.And their pay equals …County commissioners denied a request by John McCarty to rename Meridian Road, from Highway 24 to McLaughlin Road, Rolling Thunder Way. Commissioners also passed a resolution designating March 11 as NCAA National Rifle Championship Day.And that’s why our county commissioners are paid the big bucks.The dumbing down of college studentsThe police dispatcher in West Fargo, N.D., thought it was a joke when someone called at 3:15 a.m. and asked where to buy marijuana. The dispatcher told the woman that marijuana is illegal, but the woman insisted. “Fine,” the dispatcher said: They had some in the evidence locker and if she stopped by, he could “hook her up.” Sure enough, “the dispatcher got on the intercom and said, ‘You know what? She’s here. She just handed me $3 for marijuana’,” said amazed officer Ken Zeeb. He stepped to the station lobby and arrested Grace Sium, 20, a junior at North Dakota State University. Zeeb says Sium didn’t appear high or drunk and didn’t seem surprised to be arrested. “This is something that you couldn’t even make up,” he said. (Fargo Forum)www.thisistrue.com
