Two Yakima County commissioners will see their pay rise by 1 percent next year, an increase that is in line with what the county proposes to pay other elected officials, nonunion and most union-represented employees in 2013.
County Commissioners Vote To Lower Their Annual Raises
By DAVID LESTER, Yakima Herald-Republic
Tue, 10/30/2012 - 11:55pm
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