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Mayor gets support for a pay raise

By Deirdre Fernandes

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 22, 2012

It’s never easy for a politician to ask for a raise - especially when it’s a jaw-dropping 28 percent - but Newton’s Mayor Setti Warren may have picked an opportune time to request a $27,125 bump in his pay. From the venerable neighborhood joints in Nonantum to the online water-cooler sites for the politically inclined, Newton residents are sounding off about Warren’s proposal to raise his annual salary to $125,001 in the next fiscal year. Many agree: it’s not a bad idea.

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