Thumbs up, thumbs down: Supes send wrong message on counsel
By The Free Lance Editorial Board
Jul 24, 2008

THUMBS DOWN: After county supervisors met in a special meeting to examine the performance of County Counsel Dennis LeClere, recently under fire for guidance on the Spur Hotel project, they kept him on board and awarded the attorney a merit pay raise.

As San Benito County undoubtedly is set to make some tough decisions in the coming months and years during difficult financial times, supervisors have signaled to LeClere that he's doing a decent job by giving him a pay raise based, in name, on performance.

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