Mid-Hudson News reports that members of the Dutchess County Conservative Party are upset with Republicans there for putting forth a proposal for the Dutchess County Legislature to increase their own salaries. The Republican majority approved a 68 percent pay raise at a recent meeting of the Dutchess County Legislature’s Budget, Finance, and Personnel Committee. Nine Republicans and one Democrat voted for the large pay raises, while three Democrats voted against just days after the latest election. Conservative Party Chair Don Minichino said, “The same old political justifying comment by Legislator Will Truitt that it’ll attract good candidates is a load of you-know-what. It doesn’t work that way and history can prove it.” Minichino then compared the Dutchess Republicans to Democrats in Albany who voted themselves a 29 percent raise recently. All the Republicans voting for the pay raise were previously endorsed by the Conservative Party. Read more about this story in Mid-Hudson News.