Leave it to Cox Newspapers and their intrepid reporter Josh Sweigart to stir up a whole bunch of trouble and then sit back and feign surprise when the union gets ticked off that the commission did something about pay raises.
Josh and his friends in the Democratic Party shined a harsh spotlight on the subject of pay for county employees and subsequently, the commission decided to suspend pay raises and review the policies that are currently in place. As Josh puts it, maybe the union ought to be more afraid of their members losing their jobs as the county starts streamlining positions in order to run a more efficient government. The best part is that these unions typically are rotten with Democrats and so now they get to reap what they have sown. Of course, Josh and his friends will still try to pin all of this on Republicans, but we're used to that too...