By Howard Fischer | AZ Capitol Times
Rep. Stacey Travers thinks she’s found a way to convince Arizonans to approve the first pay raise for legislators since 1998: Impose true — and enforceable — term limits so that lawmakers would no longer be able to remain in office forever.
And that is drawing opposition from one long-term Republican lawmaker who wants higher salaries — even more than what the Phoenix Democrat is proposing — and argues it makes no sense to tell Arizonans they can’t vote for who they like.
At the heart of Travers’s proposal is her belief that the current $ 24,000-a-year salary is insufficient to attract qualified candidates for the job.
