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Meeting held at the state capitol Nov. 22-23 with the Missouri House Interim Budget Transparency Committee and administrators from the departments of elementary and secondary education and higher education.

"The average state employee makes $34,000/yr. We get a spreadsheet like this put in front us where individuals who were employed by the state yesterday are today employed by the state (where) the difference is more than the average state employee in other department. Our teachers at home are struggling, our schools are struggling. There's a perception, whether it's a reality or not, there's a perception in education in general that it's top heavy."

Soundbite #2:
"When no one else is doing this you have the same individuals working for the state yesterday and today getting massive raises when no one else is getting that. That's my personal heart burn.