The Budget is Finished

Union County Commissioners voted 3-2 Monday to enact a $222.3 million county budget. The budget will not require a tax increase on citizens, however it required the county to rob over $1 million from the county savings.

In an unusal vote, Commissioners Allan Baucom and Kim Rogers were the two dissenting members. However, do not be confused as the two were not dissenting for the same reason. Conservative Baucom wanted to cut more from education which will spend over $80 million in operations while the liberal stripes of Kim Rogers continued to shine through with her fight to give the schools anything they desired.

It is dissapointing that commissioners chose to balance the budget with savings instead of making cuts in spending. This decision could pass the buck to next years budget which will not be voted on until AFTER the primary election in May. However, I suspect that Commissioner Chairman Openshaw and his two cohorts, Tracy Kuehler and Kim Rogers, have a plan to keep the budget balanced until Rogers and Kuehler can seek re-election. That plan....see the next post.