DISCUSSING MAYOR'S PAY RATE
Rodney Barnett (left) makes a point during a public hearing on an ordinance to adjust monthly pay rates for Mansura’s mayor and aldermen, to become effective in January. Rob Ferguson (right) seeks to ask a question about the issue. The ordinance passed 3-2, but Mayor Kenneth Pickett vetoed the measure, which would reduce the mayoral salary from $3,000 a month to $1,500 a month. The council will reconsider the issue next month when a 4-1 vote would be needed to override the veto. {Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
Pickett vetoes mayoral pay cut ordinance
Wed, 06/20/2018 - 5:00am
Raymond Daye
After saying repeatedly that his salary of $3,000 a month should not be cut in half in January because “we have to respect democracy,” Mayor Kenneth Pickett overruled a majority vote of the Mansur
