But it won't. Then, with no response at all, they finished what they set out to do. They gave themselves a 24 percent raise while approving 2 percent raises for the rank and file.
County government is no small potatoes.
Most of them are well qualified and could probably make even more money in the private sector. Now perception isn't reality. But it can be. One huge barrier to doing anything about the federal deficit was the public perception found in a poll taken a couple of years ago. About half the American people believe there was no need to give up any federal program which benefited them.