Letter: Thumbs-down on raise for elections director

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[Regarding “Buncombe Considers a Pay Raise for Elections Director,” Jan.10, Xpress:]

This is total bullsh*t and hope everyone in Asheville reads this. People can’t make their own bills monthly, but these people could and do care less about it.

City Council can’t find a way to take care of the homeless people, and then other councils want a raise for their accomplishments. Wow. Where in their far-reaching dreams do they deserve it at all?

These people need replacing come voting time, and I don’t know by whom, but more honest people need to be voted in, period!

— James Wykle
Asheville

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One thought on “Letter: Thumbs-down on raise for elections director

  1. Woobee

    I agree 100%. I’d say let’s put a 1 year freeze on raises, bonuses, and new hires until Buncombe can come up with a budget that won’t require a bond referendum (loan) to meet its obligations. Oh, and let us follow that by scraping the millions of dollars in “grants” being given to nonprofit organizations.

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