Pay Increases for the AOC not called "increases" by the AOC's Chief Deputy Director?

http://cocra.org/2009/12/aoc-employees-get-raises-in-the-middle-of-court-closures

"Between February 2008 and July 2009, the AOC elevated nearly 80 employees, and raised their pay as much as 31 percent, brushing aside its own self-imposed freeze on promotions, according to payroll records from the State Controller's Office.

The records show that while the agency imposed once-monthly furlough days on employees with one hand, it has increased salaries so much with the other that, coupled with new hires, its payroll costs grew 6 percent from July 2008 to July 2009, for a total of nearly $4.2 million per year."

"Governor, Grab that Headless Horseman, He is Breaking the Law!
Which Law Governor? Why Proposition 1F!@()%&!"

California Budget 2009 & 2010 Budget Deficit.
Proposition 1F 

"This measure would prohibit the commission from adopting in a fiscal year a resolution that would increase the salary of Members of the Legislature or other state officers if the Director of Finance determines that there will be a negative balance in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties at the end of that fiscal year.^[5]" 

California Proposition 1F (2009). (2010, October 14). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
     Retrieved 04:38, November 22, 2010, from
     http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?   title=California_Proposition_1F_(2009)&oldid=390710439 

Well, they may not be state officials, legislators, or the Governor......but WHY would this special interest group be exempted from the state pay freeze existing in 2008, 2009, and 2010? WHOA BOY!