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Harris County commissioners raised red flags about a possible conflict of interest after District Clerk Marilyn Burgess voted in a salary grievance committee to increase her salary by $81,000.

The potential conflict, which legal staff said didn’t appear to be illegal, prompted Commissioner Adrian Garcia to call for the issue to be placed on the county’s next legislative agenda.

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The potential salary increase — which would’ve raised her pay from $179,000 a year to $260,000 a year — appeared to die after commissioners on Thursday did not take up a vote on the request.

“It just strikes me as highly inappropriate in spite of it being legal,”

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