Urban Outfitters has a lot of cute ones that fit well and so
does Lulus!
Not exact matches
Interesting that the Senate Dems get
lulus for ranking committee member status and there is no mention of that in any reporting
done on this issue
Lawmakers are being scrutinized for the system in which up to seven senators have received paid stipends or «
lulus» for committee chairmanships they
do not actually hold.
Scrutiny on committee attendance comes as the Senate is under fire for doling out thousands of dollars in stipends, called «
lulus,» to seven senators for jobs they don't actually hold.
A New York Times investigation discovered that seven Senators (three Independent Democrats and four Republicans) earned
lulus for positions they
did not hold.
Last year, for instance, the New York City Council
did away with
lulus as part of a deal to raise its members» salaries to $ 148,500, a large pay increase that towers over the base pay for state legislators: $ 79,500.
And over the last two weeks,
lulus have become a byword for Albany's political self - dealing, after news that eight senators — all members of a ruling coalition led by Republicans — had received tens of thousands in such payments for jobs they
did not hold.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos gave the IDC members committee chairmanships and
lulus, but he didn't include them when the governor invited his conference to the mansion.
The video, released Monday, comes after a week and a half of controversy over the Senate GOP majority's controversial payment of
lulus to its own members and a disproportionate number of IDC lawmakers for committee positions that they
do not actually hold.
They
do like their
lulus and being one of 8 in a block of votes that swing control of the Senate.
If found guilty, the Speaker or Senate Majority Leader should take away any
lulus, fire the staff member and don't allow a replacement to be hired.
Democratic counsel Shontell Smith issued a memo contending the
lulus are not legal, arguing that the state Constitution
does not envision the payments given to those who aren't committee chairs.
Last week, we reported on how seven Senators received bonuses (called
lulus in Albany parlance) for leadership positions they didn't actually hold.
That development came on the heels of a scandal surrounding the Senate Republican and IDC's use of
lulus to pay members for committee work they didn't actually
do and a mounting display of grassroots protests against IDC members in their districts.
Helming and Gallivan were among the four Republicans and three breakaway Democrats in the Senate who were paid thousands of dollars in stipends known as «
lulus» this year, even though they didn't head any of the committees that payroll records said they
did.
«There's no question that
lulus should be
done away with.
The council also argued that the commission's recommendations took the elimination of
lulus into consideration when determining their salary recommendation but
did not calculate the fact that the job would go from part - time to full - time.
(The actual chairmen were already collecting bigger «
lulus» for other jobs, and the rules don't let you collect two.)
I never heard of
LuLus * s before, and if I
did, for some reason I thought they only had kid's clothing.