Spencer Writes Letter To Employees

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?