Associated Press
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s corrections boss is staying on the job and not retiring as he’d planned..
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Gov. Susana Martinez has given Secretary Gregg Marcantel a $16,000 raise that boosts his salary to $123,750.
Marcantel has headed the Department of Corrections for more than three years.
The 54-year-old said he had prepared his retirement paperwork because his state salary caused his pension benefits from a previous government job to decline.
But he says he’s decided to remain on the job because the pay raise will offset what he says he’s losing in pension benefits.