TEWKSBURY, MA — On the one year anniversary of State Representative Jim Miceli’s vote to give himself and his colleagues $18,000,000 worth of pay raises, Republican candidate Pina Prinzivalli announced that if elected, she will never vote herself a pay raise and will donate future increases to her base pay to charity.
“January 25th is a happy anniversary for Mr. Miceli, but not for the taxpayers,” said Prinzivalli, who formally announced her candidacy this past October. “I’m running to make our future, our priority. I’m not running to be a career politician who seeks financial perks for myself off the backs of working families in Massachusetts.”
On January 25, 2017, State Rep Miceli voted to increase his ‘office expenses’ and stipends. An increase to his base salary had already been determined in December of 2016, due to an increase in the state’s median household income, thanks to a 1998 constitutional amendment. Between base salary, office expense, and stipends, State Rep Miceli saw a 23.1% jump in pay.
“Mr. Miceli was already getting a raise in base pay when he voted to add even more taxpayer dollars to his pocket. As your next State Representative, I won’t do that. In addition to voting against a pay raise for myself, anytime there’s an increase to the base pay due to the constitutional amendment, I will donate the additional money to charity,” said Prinzivalli.
Following State Rep Miceli’s January 25, 2017 vote for the pay raises, he proceeded to vote to support a constitutional amendment to introduce a graduated income tax in the Commonwealth (Vote- June 14, 2017). In 2016, he voted to protect funding for Sanctuary Cities (Vote- April 25, 2016).
“These three votes hurt the taxpayers of Wilmington and Tewksbury. That’s why it’s time to make our future, our priority.”
(NOTE: The above press release is from the Pina Prinzivalli campaign.)
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