Haines Borough manager Bill Seward’s attempt to give clerk Julie Cozzi a raise was cut short this week when an assembly member advised it might not be the best time for such a proposal.

Ironically, assembly member Mike Case was the one to step in and prevent the proposal from coming forward at the Personnel Committee meeting Monday. In January, Case proposed bumping Cozzi’s salary from $70,000 to $85,000, but eventually pulled the question from…