And on top of this huge expense, I heard Bert Stedman tell a writer yesterday that he favors a raise in legislators' annual pay. He suggested something between $50,000 and 100,000 per year; he would not be more specific but spoke ad naseum about how much work the legislature has to do. According to Bert, the only way to keep the legislature on task is to pay them around double what they now get. 

This caused me to wonder what Bert had been drinking or smoking prior to the hallway interview.