It was no Madison, Wis., but about 100 public employees in Fairfax County turned out this week to rally in support of what would be their first pay raise in three years.

Their effort likely won’t go far — Fairfax County Executive Anthony Griffin didn’t include raises in his proposed fiscal 2012 budget, and county supervisors, wary of raising the tax rate in an election year, have done little more than express condolences.