COUNTY THAWS SALARY FREEZE: GIVES WORKERS 4 %

Special to El Rrun-rrun
Cameron County commissioners – under pressure by workers who have seen them give raises out of budget – broke down and gave them a four percent raise.
Workers, who had not seen raises for almost a decade during the Carlos Cascos era, said they wanted more, but had to settle for the raises approved by the commissioners, sans Pct. 4 commissioner Dan Sanchez.
Sanchez left the meeting to make his way to Austin for Saturday's game between the Texas Longhorns and the Irish of Notre Dame.
Sanchez had advocated that the workers be given a bonus, or stipend, as they had the year before,
Before the JP and magistrate staff had been given a five percent raise by the commissioners.
Some workers were thankful for the small increase and said it was better than nothing. They said that Human Resources personnel had already told them the insurance co-pay for doctors' visits would increase from $25 to $30 and that the annual deductible would increase from 400 to 500.