By MOLLY

February 3, 2009 3:32 PM | Link to this

Why don’t the commissioners return part of their salary? I would think Don, Charlie and Jolly could afford to return 5 percent.

By What's Taking So Long?

February 3, 2009 4:54 PM | Link to this

That’s peanuts, and those moves only take the focus off the bigger issue; i.e. our government spends too much and is too slow to move to cut people and budgets when needed. And, sorry, but saying some department is going to cut 10% means nothing. Start from zero to justify all spending and the story headline just very well may be County Too Bloated and Over-staffed.

By Don Carpenter

February 4, 2009 10:17 AM | Link to this

It’s easy to criticize others when the decision isn’t yours. The people who are affected by these manuevers have families, mortgages and the responsibilities that most of us have to endure. While it may be necessary, doesn’t mean that it is not tragic. The commissioners are doing a bang up job as far as I am concerned and I hope that those who do lose their positions will be able to land on their feet quickly or at least maybe be called back when times do improve. I am positive that our economy will turn around but it will take belt tightening by not only our government, but by business and labor as well. This ‘stimulus package’ that is being bandied about is really going to cost us long term. The people who have voted this ‘messiah’ in will be the ones who pay in the long run.

By Tony

February 4, 2009 6:43 PM | Link to this

I read in another post the county is planning to spend up to$1.6 million to renovate the old agriculture building. If the county is in this much budget trouble, I just can see such a project. Maybe this building project should wait.

By joe

February 5, 2009 11:37 PM | Link to this

C’mon Don Carpenter, there you go again waving your Republican flag. Think you are going to impress the Commissioner’s and they will finally give you one of those big paying County jobs that you have tried to land for years?…Don’t think so! And let’s not even talk about the President’s stimulus package and spending, because the Republicans and George Bush has “stimulated” this country almost to the point of a depression!

By Don Carpenter

February 6, 2009 10:50 AM | Link to this

Joe, too bad I didn’t see this earlier. If you want to bash me, that’s your right. As for a job, at least I still have one in the private sector, showing up to work every day making a living. Now if you had any guts at all, jerkwad you would at least be man enough to come out from under your cowardly cloak and reveal yourself. Until then, shut the hell up. I challenge you to debate this till the cows come home, only if you are willing to man it up and tell us who you are! I am willing to bet that this is the last I hear of it.