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The joys of Christmas do not include coping with crowds at shopping malls or wracking your brains trying to figure out what to get as a gift for someone who already seems to have everything.

Books are a way out of both situations. You dont even have to go to a bookstore, with books so readily available online. As for the person who seems to have every-thing, newly published books are among the things they probably dont always have.

One of the most enjoyable new books I read this year was a biography titled Stan Musial: An American Life, by George Vecsey. Musial was one of the great hitters in the history of baseball, with a lifetime batting average of .331.

This biography, however, is more about Musial the man, and the era in American life in which he lived, which makes it more three-dimensional. It is a good read, and may be especially appreciated by people old enough to remember that era and the values that prevailed in that era, which Musial exemplified.

Another new and very different book about a bygone era that I enjoyed was The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America, by Marc Levinson. It is about the rise and fall of the A&P gro-cery chain, once the largest retailer in the world, with 15,000 stores, and renowned for its high quality and low prices.

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The other book is FDR Goes to War, by Burton W. Folsom and Anita Folsom. The romantic legends of President Franklin D. Roosevelt that whole generations have been taught in schools, on TV and in the movies have been debunked by a whole series of history books, of which this is the latest and perhaps the most devastat-ing and painfully relevant to our current president.

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Ann Coulters new book this year, Demonic, is in the tradition of her other books with one-word titles, a blend of very sharp wit and thoroughly researched facts. It will delight Ann Coulters fans and may cause those few liberals who read it to be at risk for apoplexy.

Although Demonic was published before the Occupy Wall Street movement got underway, its subtitle was prophetic: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America. Its theme is how mob thinking and mob actions have long been common on the left, whether in academia, the media or the streets. One chapter is titled, You Can Lead a Mob to Water, But You Cant Make It Think.

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First and foremost, the majority of Amer-ica rejects ObamaCare and supports its repeal. So youve got popular support. For the Democrats, that majority thing ought to be a biggie. After all, theyre all about direct democracy, arent they? Majority rules, right?

But as Ive been quick to point out on many occasions, not everything thats popular is right, and not everything thats right is popular, so lets look at some other motivations that might move our members of Congress to action.

Dems should consider that ObamaCare is about to undergo a major review by the Supreme Court. Even with (Elana) Kagan participating and not (properly) recus-ing herself from the case there is a very strong possibility that at least some part of ObamaCare will be struck down if not in its entirety. This would deal a major blow to the party that rammed it through with-out a single GOP vote, after arm twisting and bribery by (Nancy) Pelosi, generally unread, which had to be passed so we could know whats in it. Not only was it bad law, passed in an unscrupulous manner against the will of the people, but SCOTUS will also give the slap of unconstitutionality to at least part of it. That stings.

Why not get out in front of this and defuse it by repealing ObamaCare and making a SCOTUS review moot?

And likewise, GOP, what if SCOTUS only finds part of ObamaCare unconstitu-tional? Do you want to have to live with any part they find legit enough not to strike down? Are you confident that Kennedy will hang tough with the conservatives on the court enough to do away with Obama-Care? What kind of mixed bag of upheld and struck down provisions might we have to contend with?

But hey, Republicans, heres the best reason to move on repeal. You promised to. You were elected to. The whole point of the Mid-Term Elections was to put you in a position to. And youve forgotten all about it. That will not sit well come pri-mary season.

Back to the Dems. Since you took the reins of Congress in January 2007, we watched the deficit climb from $120 bil-

lion at the end of GOP control of Congress, to nearly 15 times that amount at $1.7 tril-lion. We watched the national debt climb from $6 trillion after 6 years of Bush and 2 wars to nearly $14 trillion in 4 years of Pelosi/Reid. So whatever Bush bash-ing you may do, and however much you seek to blame Bush and say Obama inher-ited his problems the American People understand that you are the party of spend-ing with reckless abandon. A reality, and a perception you may do well to strive to reverse.

The Super Committee is charged with finding a trillion in cuts over 10 years. A pittance! Thats really only $100 billion a year and they cant do it! If the auto-matic cuts kick in, the military will be slashed, and lefty ideologues aside (as they represent only around 20 percent of the population) the people of America do not want to see the military slashed by $500 billion.

Repealing ObamaCare will save multiple trillions over a decade. All by itself. Your precious spending programs dont even have to be touched, and you can claim vic-tory in achieving the spending reduction.

For the GOP, repealing ObamaCare is a victory fiscally, and ideologically, protect-ing individual rights, reigning in an egre-gious over-reach by the federal oligarchy.

For all of you. Repeal would result in an economic recovery far exceeding the wild-est dreams or expectations of any program or stimulus the administration has consid-ered, offered or implemented. Companies, freed from the shackles of ObamaCare, would loosen the hiring constraints. Jobs, production, GDP and tax revenues would all climb and true to Reagans quote a rising tide does indeed lift all boats. And you could all claim credit for stimulating the economy out of the worst recession (depression) in our lifetimes at least.

Back to the Dems. Are you really sup-portive of affordable healthcare for people? Then realize how many companies are ready to abandon providing care when ObamaCare is fully implemented. I know many of you are ideologically committed to single-payer healthcare, and such a col-lapse of the private and employer provided market would leave a vacuum that youd feel compelled to fill with government care but America resoundingly doesnt want it. Given the choice between the pri-vate enterprise hospitals like Barnes, Mayo, Mt. Sinai, or Hopkins, and government care like say, a VA hospital, which do you think most Americans would opt for? Even if they pay for private insurance?

If ObamaCare is so good for people, why

the waivers for so many FODs (Friends of Democrats)? And why is Congress exempt?

ObamaCare is a boondoggle. Its an embarrassment to the Dems and caused the massacre of 2010. Its impractical. Its unsustainable. And eliminating it will save trillions.

Doug EdelmanSt. Peters

Save a trillionTo the Editor:

Ive come to the conclusion that there is no real will among Washington politi-cians to rock the boat of National Debt. Why? Because everyone there has a stake in things staying the same. Rather than truly concern themselves with economy killing deficits and out-of-control federal spending, they are more interested in perpetuating themselves in their highly lucrative political careers. The most recent evidence of this is the failure of the Super Committee to come up with a plan to cut federal spending by $1.2 trillion over the next decade.

Voters of America need to inform them-selves of whats happening in our govern-ment that is threatening our very survival as a nation. The maniacal self-interest of career politicians like termites, is slowly eating away at the very foundations of freedom and democracy which have held us together for the last 200 years and made us the envy of the entire world. Even when there are clear voices pointing out sensible budgetary strategies to bring down out-of-control spending, make a significant reduction in budget deficits, and rampant national debt, the Washington elite turn a deaf ear.

Pulitzer Prize winning author/reporter, Mark Thompson, wrote a very incisive article in Time Magazine (April 25, 2011) on how the U.S. military could save $1 trillion over the coming decade without harming national security. I find it strange that no one in Washington has made any comment about Thompsons piece, or the merits of his suggestions. Thompson is a highly respected journalist with excep-tional knowledge of our military, from the Pentagon to shipyard to military bases to battlefield and all points between. I find it equally frustrating that no one in the media has responded to Thompsons article by asking for comments from any of the poli-ticians they have interviewed concerning debt reduction and deficits.

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No matter how people may try to rational-ize this, Albert Pujols leaving the Cardi-nals for the Anaheim Angels will have a negative effect on this team for the next two to three years. Period. End of story. No matter who they sign in free agency or what young player gets a shot or any signs of decay that Albert may have been show-ing, you do not replace the best player in baseball overnight.

No matter how emotional people may get aboutthis,infourtofiveyearstheCardi-nals will be in a much better position as an organization because Albert Pujols left for the Anaheim Angels. Period. End of story. No matter what records Pujols may bechasingatthattime,itwillbenefittheclub to not be hamstrung with a $25 mil-lion salary on a 36-year-old player.

Albert Pujols is a man, not a machine. Baseball is a business, not a pastime.

Albert Pujols is one of the classiest play-ers and classiest citizens the world of pro-fessional sports has ever seen. He hustled every single game he ever played for 11 years. He gave of his time and his money in charitable endeavors. At a time when every baseball hero has been scrutinized for varying forms and degrees of bad behavior, Albert Pujols has been beyond reproach. He gave the city of St. Louis his all, and he owes us nothing.

Albert Pujols is not LeBron James. LeBron was offered the same money by two different teams, and he took his tal-

ents to South Beach. Albert was offered an additional $50 million by one team, and he took his talents to the bank.

Albert could have been the king of this city for the rest of his life. Clydesdales would have driven him to pick up grocer-ies every day if that is what he wanted. He could have made the Arch his personal residence. He would never, ever have been booed no matter what he did on a baseballfieldagain.Hecouldhavewornthe red jacket and had breakfast with Stan and Red and Ozzie and Lou. Mike Shan-non would have called the play by play at his kids ball games. Instead, he took an extra $44 million.

Many people are saying, How much money does one person need? The $200 million the Cardinals offered should have been enough. Stop it. If that is really your argument, go occupy Wall Street, already. The one thing that could have dragged Albert Pujols away from this city was a crazy, insane, ludicrous, completely illogical offer. Arte Moreno and the Ana-heim Angels made him that offer. Nobody turns down $50 million. To assert that Pujols should have is just ridiculous.

Anaheim Angels owner Arte Moreno paid $184 million for the entire franchise less than a decade ago. Last Wednesday, he committed more than $325 million to just two players in less than 20 minutes. It is really just unbelievable what professional sports owners will do.

The argument that Allen Craig is an adequate replacement for Albert Pujols is completely ludicrous. Craig is an excel-lent fourthoutfielder.Hemightblossomintobeingagoodeverydayoutfielder.Heis not and never will be in the same ballpark as Albert Pujols in terms of over-all production and value to the team. The worst thing St. Louis baseball fans can do is expect Craig to replace Pujols. It will kill his career.

Baseball people love statistics. Some-times, they love statistics way too much andcreateutterfictionfromrandommathequations. The statistic that keeps coming up with Pujols is how he has had a dimin-ishing Wins Above Replacement (WAR) number over the last three seasons. Basi-cally, the stat claims to measure how many more wins a team will have with one player versus a statistically average player. For Pujols in 2011, that number was 5.5 wins, while it had been as high as 9.5 wins in 2009. So according to the sabermetricians, that means the Cardinals need only cobble together some spare parts that can replace that 5.5 WAR. Hog-wash. When Albert Pujols was hitting .230 in May, he was still being intentionally walked. Pujols was a massive presence in the lineup and the clubhouse, which cant be measured and wont be replaced by statistics.

Some claim that the Cardinals choice of Mike Matheny as manager helped drive Pujols away. Not true. $50 million drove Albert away. The only managerial hire

that could have kept Albert in St. Louis would have been Deidre Pujols, and she didnt want the job.

It is really hard to imagine any circum-stances where a St. Louisan will ever con-sider eating at Pujols 5 Restaurant again. That is a shame for his business partners and for the Westport area. Bernie Miklasz suggested renaming the restaurant Musial 6. Not a bad idea.

Its interesting to think what would have happened to the Cardinals franchise had Bobby Bonilla not gotten injured in spring training of 2001. Albert was kept on the active roster as a short-term replacement for the veteran third basemen. He went on to play four different positions that year, become an All Star and was a unanimous choice as the National League Rookie of the Year. Thus began the most amazing 11-year start to a career that any player has ever had for any team. St. Louis was lucky to have had that run with Albert, and we are very sad to see him go.

Next year, we will have Houston Astros legend Lance Berkman replacing Pujols at first base. We will sit in the standsdrinking Anheuser Busch InBev products. We will think of Tony LaRussa at home in California. The St. Louis football team will be engaged in negotiations about whether or not to leave the city (again). The game will be competitive, engaging even, but we will think to ourselves, and we will be right, Nothing is sacred any-more.

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Thats according to a bill sponsored by County Councilman Joe Brazil, District 2 that was given a first reading at the County Councils meeting on Dec. 5.

The bill, sought by Sheriff Tom Neer, states licensed security officers can carry a weapon if they are certified after training by the Eastern Missouri Police Academy, located on the St. Charles Community Col-lege campus. They can carry a revolver that can only fire .38-caliber ammunition.

Semi-automatic pistols with .40-caliber ammunition may be authorized based on a written justification in an application, the bill states. Rifles, shotguns and derringers are prohibited.

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The new building located at 1099 Pralle Lane in St. Charles will allow Five Acres the capability to house, and save, more than twice the number of dogs as the current facility.

We are so thankful to be able to do this expansion. It will double the number of dogs we can house on our adoption floor, which means more dogs saved, said Kim Brown, executive director for Five Acres Animal Shelter. As the only no-kill shel-ter in St. Charles, we never have enough space. We will also finally have a dedicated space for youth education. Todays youth are our future pet owners and we want to teach about responsible pet ownership.

Brown said naming rights for the build-ing are available for a $200,000 donation.

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The nonprofit held a groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 13 where St. Louis Blues Captain David Backes along with MLB pitcher and FHN grad, Mark Bueh-rle, helped celebrate the occasion.

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The OAOA meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the third Wednesday of the month at the Renaud Spirit Center. Missouri Represen-tative Kurt Bahr will speak at the Dec. 21 meeting, which will include holiday activi-ties and a luncheon of turkey, dressing, corn and cookies.

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County will engage in a little drama this holiday season.

The Young Peoples Theatre of St. Charles Community College will present Its a Wonderful Life Dec. 16 through Dec. 18 in the Donald D. Shook Fine Arts Building Theater on the SCC campus. The show will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 16-17, and at 2 p.m. Satur-day-Sunday, Dec. 17-18.

The Young Peoples Theatre is a per-forming arts program by kids and their families produced by the SCC Corporate and Community Development Division.

In this classic and much beloved play, Christmas Eve finds George Bailey deeply troubled. Prayers for his well-being from friends and family reach heaven. Clarence Odbody, angel second class, is assigned to save George and earn his wings. A funny and poignant musical that will touch the hearts of all ages, George and his family remind us of the value of simple acts of kindness.

Its a heartwarming performance by the kids in our community, said Brisby Andrews, director of Young Peoples The-ater at SCC. The show is great for the whole family, and a reminder of whats important during the holiday season.

Tickets are $8 for all ages. For more information or tickets, call 922-8233 or visit www.stchas.edu/ypt.

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Children can have just as much fun as their parents this New Years Eve.

The St. Peters Rec-Plexs New Years Eve Lock-in will be held from 7 p.m. on Dec. 31 to 7 a.m. on Jan. 1. The chaperoned lock-in is open to kids ages eight to 13.

Basketball, ice skating, swimming, diving, games and other activities will keep kids busy throughout the event. The Rec-Plex swimming pools include a water-slide, current channel, water play features and diving boards. The lock-in will be fully staffed, including lifeguards in the pool area. Everyone will ring in the New Year with a midnight balloon drop. Kids can bring pillows and sleeping bags to sleep during the event.

Advance registration is required. The cost is $50 for St. Peters residents and Rec-Plex annual pass-holders or $60 for the general public.

To register, call 939-2FUN, ext. 1400.

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Earlier this year, St. Peters and MoDOT opened the new Salt River Road exit from Hwy. 370. The new roadway connected with Spencer Road and then on to Mid Rivers Mall Drive.

Were very happy to get this done, said County Executive Steve Ehlmann. This is an alternative route to I-70 and should ease the bottleneck at Mid Rivers Mall Drive.

The county portion of the road is a four-lane roadway with shoulders. It replaces a two-lane road with no shoulders.

The cost of the latest project was $3.5 million in County Road Board fund and federal funds.

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The Planning and Zoning Commission and Animal Control are currently working together to gather information to present a draft ordinance to the Board of Aldermen at its second regular meeting in January.

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By Jeannie SeibertAnxiety over federal level debt and taxes and the

likelihood of tax increases are trickling down to the local government level.

The courthouse and all city halls in the region have been overwhelmed with negative responses every time a proposal to raise a sales or property tax rate is on an agenda.

It is no different in Lake Saint Louis, where, having retreated from an earlier attempt to increase the prop-erty tax rate, the Board of Aldermen is now consider-ing a sales tax rate increase ballot question.

Richard Morris, the senior citizen who led the last revolt of the retired against higher taxes was back at City Hall Dec. 5 to caution aldermen about proceeding with legislation that could lead to increased taxes.

However, the aldermen did discuss the proposal at length.

The first reading proceeded with some amendments. The second reading and final vote would need to be held Dec. 19 to make the Election Authority ballot lan-guage deadline for the April 2012 municipal election.

Alderman George Rich, Ward 3, had pushed for a sales tax increase last year when city leaders began to anticipate the need for more revenue and reduced expenses.

Rich led the discussion on the form a current sales tax increase would take.

The agenda simply called for an ordinance impos-ing .2 percent sales tax increase and for an election for voter approval.

Nominally labeled the Storm Water and Parks sales tax, if passed would generate about $495,000 in new revenue each year.

Technically, the new revenue would benefit the capital project fund which includes a long list of spe-cifically identified storm-water mitigation projects scattered throughout the city.

Rich said he wanted the ballot language to clearly identify for voters that the revenue would be used

specifically for storm water and parks infrastructure work.

Additionally, Rich called for a 5-year sunset, or, an end to the .2-percent increase on retail sales tax pur-chases within the city limits.

The aldermen generally agreed to these amendments but clearly wanted a full two weeks before a second vote.

City Administrator Paul Markworth answered numerous questions during the discussion including the capital project fund pays for the large infrastruc-ture improvements.

We have transferred $800,000 this current fiscal year from the general fund to the capital projects fund and have $785,000 now in the capital project fund, Markworth said.

However, the 2012-13 fiscal year capital improve-ments for streets and storm-water projects are already looming larger than current funding can cover.

A problem we have is many of the newer streets in town were made of concrete, Markworth said. Those streets are nearing the end of their expected life cycle and will need to be rebuilt. We have spent roughly twice as much on asphalt streets than on concrete streets during the past four years. Public Works Director Derek Koestel provided the board with an assessment of the citys streets and an approximate outline of what streets will require main-tenance and upgrades and when those expenditures can be expected.

Markworth said, We will need to spend more on concrete streets if we are to maintain the road surface in similar condition as now.

Koestels recommendation for a minimum $500,000 annual investment in street maintenance and repair would keep 75 percent of the public works depart-ments maintenance schedule on track. That leaves little to meet federal government requirements on all cities to improve the quality of storm water run-off via lakes, creeks and streams.

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Surprise! Some property tax bills are higher

By Jeannie SeibertCut costs. Trim budgets. Cut back.That is the guiding principal of business and small gov-

ernment in the current economic condition.To avoid the unpleasant task of raising tax rates, local

governments have adopted myriad cost-cutting measures in recent years as expenses shoot up and revenues slow.

The Lake Saint Louis Board of Aldermen requested City Administrator Paul Markworth provide an outline of what the citys management team has done to reduce the costs of running the city while providing services to maintain property values.

Markworth provided an overview of some 50 individual programs department heads have implemented or are pur-suing to improve efficiency, reduce costs and build alterna-tive revenue streams.

This year, the city followed the county governments lead when it restructured employee policies for sick days and time off. Insurance and benefit packages have been shopped with the goal of retaining dependable, trained per-sonnel while avoiding increasing costs of employment.

Markworth has encouraged department managers to seek computer software upgrades that reduce task completion times. Resident concerns filing and tracking, permit track-ing, business licensing and electronic photo documentation of site inspections are examples of some of the new soft-ware upgrades recently installed or currently being imple-mented.

When possible, managers avoid filling staff open-ings. Where possible, tasks are spread amongst remain-ing employees or combined with similar job descriptions across departments.

City Clerk Donna Daniel started the paperless documents trend when she was first authorized to create electronic agenda packets for the Board of Aldermen and Planning and Zoning committee members.

That snowballed into an expansion of the city Web site as the source for information, downloadable forms, recre-ation program registration, opening lines of communica-tion between residents, city staff and elected officials. This eliminated the costly production fees for to assemble, print and mail the city newsletter, not to mention the lead-time has been virtually eliminated.

Once established, the practice is expanding where fea-sible.

Staff continues to pursue eliminating unnecessary photo-copying, printing and mail costs.

In this same vein, a GIS (geographic information sys-tems) database is currently being installed to replace untold mounds of paper documents and blueprints, production and storage costs while simultaneously providing a tool for much greater efficiency for public works, parks, planning and code enforcement staffs, first responders, residents and developers.

The volunteer program has expanded while economic development efforts have stepped up saving labor expense on one side of the coin and increasing retail outlets and sales tax receipts on the other.

Two relatively new shopping districts have been adding new tenants on a regular basis in recent years, increasing the commercial tax base an unusually brisk trend in com-parison to the entire St. Louis region.

Lake Saint Louis City Hall cost-cutting measures

Steve Pilger discovered something new when he opened his St. Charles County 2011 property tax bill

his taxes on his vehicles, including a 2000 Chevrolet Suburban with more than 200,000 miles, went up.

About 25 percent, said Pilger, a construction worker from Weldon Spring. Pilger has been trying to get an explanation from county officials.

I think there are many, many households in the county that are seeing the same thing, he said. The tax rate didnt go up, my cars are older, and my taxes are higher.

County officials say some county residents are seeing personal property tax bills rise, particularly for motor vehicles, because the county assessors office has tapped into a new source of information.

According to the assessors Web site, the county is now using vehicle identification numbers (VIN) from the Missouri Department of Revenue that provide more specific information about the vehicle.

For example, previously if a resident declared a 2008

Ford pickup and didnt include detailed information on the model, a base price was used to value the vehicle.

This year, with the use of VIN numbers, the county can determine that the 2008 Ford is actually a F250 Super Duty 4-wheel drive extended cab a much more expensive vehicle than the base model.

But Pilger still would like an explanation on the for-mula the county used to determine that valuation of his Suburban. The valuation listed on the tax is based on a percentage calculation from an actual value placed on the vehicle. Pilger said those values now appear high for vehicles that are now well-used.

He said he understands that county residents may have been previously undercharged. But its a difficult time now for many taxpayers to see a rise in taxes.

With the economy and everything, school districts, local and state governments have got to suck it up like all the people are having to do, he said.

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By Brian FlinchpaughThe St. Charles County Council again

heard pleas from county Sheriffs Depart-ment employees asking them to correct pay disparities that are prompting experienced personnel to leave for other jobs.

The requests were made at a Dec. 5 public hearing on the 2012 county budget, which may be adopted later this month.

Six county Sheriffs Department depu-ties, corrections officers and detectives dis-cussed what they called pay inequities for experienced deputies and employees that they said need to be corrected.

Detective Bret Jansen, a 14-year employee, said his $48,088 base pay is the same as two county detectives - one with 23 years of experience and the other with 4 years of experience.

How can that possibly be, that a guy with four years makes the same amount as a guy with 23 years, Jansen said. It makes no sense at all to me. He said in police work, experience is the prime consideration.

Jansen said he has to support four chil-dren and wife who doesnt work. He said he gets reduced lunches and help from the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) pro-gram.

I barely missed getting food stamps - barely, he said. Without a raise in the last

three years, I may qualify.Jansen added, Its something Im embar-

rassed about. I should be making a hell of a lot more money than I am.

Officers with six years of experience jobs in St. Peters are making $70,000 a year, he said.

Jansen said he was told when he was hired that he would receive a merit raise if he had a favorable evaluation. I wasnt told raises would be voted out every year, otherwise maybe I wouldnt have come here, he said.

I just hoped you could work with us, and try to get us where we need to be because we are way behind the curve, he told council members.

Sgt. Kevin Jett, a 22-year veteran of the department, said another sergeant with four years less seniority is making $6,500 more than him. A pay raise for county employees would stimulate the economy, he said.

The pay scale disparities also affect other employees. Todd Ingham, a chief shop steward at the county jail, receives $36,000 per year after working at the jail 15 years. Corrections officer Robert Barton said he is paid $34,000 with 6-years experience. Ben Ricker has worked at the jail 10 years and receives $36,000 and has a masters degree

County officials agree that there are

disparities in pay that effect many county employees.

Next year, all county employees may be in line for their first pay raises in 3 years, according to the proposed 2012 budget submitted by County Executive Steve Ehl-mann.

Ehlmann is recommending a 1-percent increase for nearly all county employees next year. In addition, employees may also get a 2-percent merit increase, based on 2011 performance evaluations.

But the same officials also agree that the Sheriffs Department has a high turnover in personnel.

County Council Chairman Joe Brazil, District 2, at a council work session on the 2012 budget

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