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Editorial: Help Elect Cedar Key News` Board of Directors April 13th, 2003
Editorial: Cedar Key News: A Progress Report March 11th, 2003
Editorial: Mercedes Meets the Mud February 28th, 2003
Editorial: Happy New Year to All December 29th, 2002
Editorial: Letter to the Editor - Thank You C.K. Police for Doing Your Job December 15th, 2002
Editorial: Poll Results: Fact, Fiction, or Propaganda? December 4th, 2002
Editorial: WANTED November 27th, 2002
Editorial: 1,2,3,4 What Are We Fighting For? October 10th, 2002
Editorial: Do We Really Want Law Enforcement in Cedar Key? August 15th, 2002
Editorial: Levy County Emergency Management July 26th, 2002
Editorial: We Have Our Own Heroes July 17th, 2002
Editorial: Take a Little Time! July 3rd, 2002
Editorial: Water Management District Trying Its Best June 26th, 2002
Editorial: Bribery and Misuse of Public Office June 25th, 2002
Editorial: Police Officer`s Improper Conduct Case Fades Away June 24th, 2002
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Fiscal Incompetence? | Fiscal Incompetence?Editorial Let's review some recent history of the Levy County Commission at work. At great expense the Levy County Jail was expanded to house 173 more prisoners. The logic was to house out-of-county prisoners and make money on the extra prisoners. The budget passed September 25 by the Commissioners prevents the Sheriff from hiring enough officers to allow providing board and room to 100 prisoners that Sumter County would send us for safe keeping. That results in an annual net loss of revenue of $1,541,449 to Levy County according to the Sheriff Department. The failure in financial logic represented by the jail situation is mirrored by Commissioner Danny Stevens when he told tax payers at the September 25 Budget Hearing that the public believes there has been a tax increase, when the Commission has actually lowered taxes. Look at your tax bill and try to find a lower figure than last year! A tax payer attending the Budget Hearing could not have looked at the budget that the Commission adopted September 25 because neither the public nor the press was given a copy of the budget. After the Commission acted we now find that certain departments have extraordinary increases. Examples of the most extreme budget increases are as follows: Legal Department ......... 95% increase from two years ago to $430,994 Building & Zoning Dept... 96% increase from two years ago to $430,994 County Administration ...110% increase from two years ago to $365,000 Has the work of these departments doubled in just two years? Meanwhile, income from use of the enlarged jail to the tune of $1,541,449 will be lost because the Sheriff Department was not given enough money to hire four officers to supervise the extra income producing out-of-county prisoners. Please read the letters to the editor in this edition. It is obvious Cedar Key News is not the only entity concerned about the state of property taxes in Levy County. |
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