It's an interesting read to see how the commissioners are selected and appointed. Follow the link in the article.
Always odd people simply choose the percentage increase, as if it's fair. So, all get 6% one way or another because another group just got 6%?!
Some relate it to CPI, which many think of in terms of 2% inflation per year. So, the poor in WA state must make good on the increasing costs of maintaining the luxury expenses of the very rich? Gas for the yacht. Solar panels for the house. New 3-pc. suit and shoes. Big Suburban? Steak & lobster dinners!
So, for their same jobs the rich get an increase of $10,200, and the poor get an increase of $1,800. Same jobs, same job roles, nothing different.
There is nothing new under the sun someone once wrote. Same old stuff, the divide gets bigger and bigger, accelerating even.
Fair would be a percentage increase for all based on the average salary for those who make below median wage, not the price of living it up for the privileged.