Senate President Pro Tem Bob Johnson’s three appointees to the state Lottery Commission wound up on opposite sides of a debate today over salaries.

At the commission’s meeting today, member Derrick Smith proposed a new policy requiring all salary offers of $80,000 or more to be reviewed by a four-member committee of commission members. The motion passed 6-2, with Chairman Ray Thornton and member Patty Shipp casting the two “no” votes.

Smith, Thornton and Shipp were all named to the commission by Johnson, D-Bigelow. Gov. Mike Beebe and House Speaker Robbie Wills, D-Conway, also made three appointments each to the nine-member panel.

Tags: Arkansas Lottery Commission, Bob Johnson, Patty Shipp, Ray Thornton

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