Jo Bonner Takes A Nap
It’s been seven years since Rep. Jo Bonner first came to Congress, and it’s been a year since he took his seat as a member of the 111th Congress. Representative Bonner has had a lot of time to warm up.
To date in the 111th Congress, Jo Bonner has not introduced one bill, not one resolution, not one piece of legislation to rename a post office, not even a single amendment to someone else’s piece of legislation.
For doing nothing in the 111th Congress, Jo Bonner took home a salary of $174,000 last year.
It’s not just Jo Bonner one has to wonder about in this regard. One has to wonder what Representative Bonner’s office is doing employing Jonathan Albert Hand as Senior Legislative Assistant. Taxpayers paid Mr. Hand $46,500 in the first nine months of last year, but for what? Rep. Bonner’s office was not the source of any legislation, after all. Did Mr. Hand fluff Rep. Bonner’s pillow? Did Mr. Hand read the bills Rep. Bonner voted on while Bonner was taking his naps? What was Kelle Strickland, Rep. Bonner’s Legislative Director for 2009, paid $78,750 to do: direct Rep. Bonner not to submit any legislation? Was Bonner’s Legislative Assistant Luther Strange paid $40,225 in 2009 to keep the gumball machine in Bonner’s lobby nice and full?
