Letter To The Editor: County Attorney Threatens to Sue Wright County for Pay Raise
Tom McGregor of Maple Lake debates the threat of litigation.
I found it interesting that the highest paid Wright County employee, Attorney, Tom Kelly, threatened to sue Wright County, his employer, if he did not receive the 3 percent pay increase that he requested for 2013 (See 12-11-12 WC Commissioner Board Meeting Minutes). Reasonable people can debate the appropriateness of a pay increase given the current economic time that we find ourselves in, and, by all accounts, Mr. Kelly has done a fine job as County Attorney for 29 years. Additionally, Mr. Kelly does have the right to sue the county for his pay raise as per MN statue. However, none of these factors justifies the threatened use of litigation to force the taxpayers of Wright County to provide him with a 3 percent pay increase in 2013…
Katie Bondhus
11:28 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
What's sad is that the county would rather give him the pay raise than fight him in court. They say the cost of going to court would exceed the cost of the salary increase. So he's going to get his way, whether it's deserved or not. more ›