According to WEAR’s Dan Thomas, Clay Ford has suggested to putting county commissioner pay on equal footing with state legislators.
In Escambia County that would mean a pay cut of about 44 grand a year… Santa Rosa commissioners would lose about 25 grand a year and Okaloosa County commissioners would lose about 30 grand a year.
In March, Escambia County commissioners passed, 4-1, a resolution asking the state legislators to give county commissioners statewide a 10 percent pay cut after Grover Robinson championed the issue – much to the chagrin of his fellow commissioners. Eventually Kevin White got on board and the resolution – which is virtually meaningless – passed.