Atlantic City council President Marty Small said the council won't consider a proposal for the mayor, council members and other city officials to take a 20 percent pay cut as state and local leaders grapple with how to save the Jersey Shore gambling resort from bankruptcy, NJ.com reported yesterday. On Tuesday, Councilman Kaleem Shabazz said that he would introduce the resolution to make that reduction to Mayor Don Guardian's $103,000 salary and the $28,000 salaries of the city's nine council members. Shabazz said that the cuts would be largely symbolic, showing local leaders can make "some sacrifices ourselves" at a time when the city is close to running out of money and fighting a possible state takeover. But Small said council members were "caught off guard" by the proposal and noted the cuts would do very little to help reduce the city's $100 million budget deficit and more than $550 million debt.
