I Thought We Were Broke...

Gov. Walker gave a job in his administration to Senator Randy Hopper's (R) mistress. A job she didn't really even apply for. With a $12,000 raise over what the previous job-holder was making. Emails indicate that she requested a job and was given one, without going through the usual channels of applying for a state job. Valerie Cass, 26, is making $20.35 an hour as a communications specialist with the state Department of Regulation and Licensing. This is considered a temporary post, but she can work 1043 hours (26 weeks of work) between now and June 30 at a rate that would earn her $12,000 over the course of a year than the person who previously held that post. She and Senator Hopper have been living together in Madison, as was pointed out by Senator Hopper's wife when protesters began picketing her home in Fond du Lac as part of the recall efforts against him. Here's the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel article. So are we broke or aren't we? If we all have to "pay our share", then why does a senator's mistress get a massive raise for a job she didn't even apply for? Where are the "modest" cuts there?