Supervisors urged to not appeal court perks ruling

A taxpayer advocate attorney and a half-dozen other people asked the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday not to appeal a recent appellate court decision ruling that the county's practice of paying judges perks and supplemental benefits was unconstitutional. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The request followed a recent decision by a three-judge panel of the state's 4th District Court of Appeal that found the state constitution only allows the Legislature to set judges' pay. The Board of Supervisors' practice of paying judges an extra $46,436 annually in cash benefits, therefore, is not permissible. The case was filed by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group based in Washington, D.C.

County Counsel Ray Fortner could not be reached to comment on whether the county planned to appeal the decision.