Larry Spencer has written an open letter to Kootenai County employees: "I will start this letter with a confession of sorts. As I have been actively campaigning, I did not conduct a thorough examination of the pay scale and classification issue that is causing a great deal of alarm about what your pay is, or may become after the dust settles. When I was made aware of the issues by a concerned county employee, I was a bit shocked. While I am a strong fiscal conservative, there is a difference between holding wages as they are, as opposed to capping the possibility of a future raise or advancement, or even hitting employees with arbitrary pay cuts. As a county, we need to value employees, and treat them with respect. ... How can we expect county employees to not look elsewhere for opportunities when we haphazardly start looking at cutting their ability to provide for their family?" More here.

Question: Is Spencer being sincere? Or simply trying to win votes from a group not aligned with him?