CW: CdA Employees Back Incumbents

Christie Wood: The last couple of weeks has been interesting reading here at the blog and the Cda Press reference the City elections. I am curious why no one has asked the City empoyees what their thoughts are? Even anonymously? Employees of an organization have experience and knowlege of the incumbents job performance. If they do not like a council person or mayor they will work to unseat them.(example: no endorsement of Ray Stone- although I personally like Ray a lot)Perhaps it is obvious what the employees think because of the Police Association endorsement of the incumbents as well as the Fire Union. But the City has many more employees other than police and fire. I think what is most telling is the three employee associations(one is a union)voluntarily giving up 3% raises that were guarateed to them through contract negotiations prior to the recession. Look no further than across the border to see the impact of an employee association not making concessions on a contract. I believe Cda City employees offered up their rasies due to the relationship and confidence we have in our current city leaders and out of respect to our taxpayers who have supported us through the years.

Question: Do you agree with Sgt. Christie Wood that most Coeur d’Alene city employee support the four incumbents seeking re-election, including Mayor Sandi Bloem?