Officer's pay raise left up to voters

ADDYSTON, Ohio (AP) — If an Ohio police officer expects to hold on to a pay raise, he’ll need the support of voters in his community.

When he received a promotion two years ago, police Cpl. Don McWhorter was given a 3 percent raise in Addyston, 11 miles west of Cincinnati.

A short time later, all village employees got a 3 percent raise, except for McWhorter, because of his promotion.

Some Addyston council members didn’t think that was right, so an ordinance passed earlier this year gave McWhorter the raise, retroactively. One council member put the cost at a few thousand dollars.

Residents unhappy with the ordinance have placed an issue on the fall ballot to overturn it.

McWhorter says: “The voters are going to do what they’re going to do.”