Category: Words Matter
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Show me the Receipts – Library War of Words
Definition: war of words (noun phrase) – an argument in which people or groups criticize and disagree with each other publicly and repeatedly for usually a long time A few weeks ago, a young Mom called me. She seemed genuinely concerned that the Library was going to be closed down and she would lose a…
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SIF Fund Balance – Projection, Misinformation, and Obfuscation
Projection, Misinformation, and Obfuscation My proposals regarding the large recent increase that I discovered in the County’s SIF fund balance have been focused on reducing the Social Service Department’s 2024 budgeted revenues and property tax levy to bring them in balance with historical Social Service Department expenditures. As explained in presentations at both HHS and…