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Budget Committee Debuts Tuesday
The members of the county's new budget and finance standing committee meet for the first time Tuesday and, if the agenda is any indication, they will hit the ground running. ...more
March 1, 2009
Fixing The Fleet: County Scrambles For Repair Funds
The county is scrambling to financially prop up its embattled fleet department. ...more
February 26, 2009
Citizen Input May Be Tweaked
From the looks of the agenda, Tuesday's county commission meeting promises to be lengthy, especially given the gravity of several business items. ...more
February 22, 2009
City To Assess Block Grant Needs, Flow
The city received more than $5.2 million in 2008 from the federal government for community development block grants, money made available to local nonprofit organizations for building more affordable housing and creating employment programs. ...more
February 18, 2009
Tax Cut Fiasco
A generally accepted premise is expecting different results from the same behavior is completely irrational. During the Reagan administration, David Stockman, Reagan's budget director, persuaded the Republicans to embrace the concepts of supply side economics and the theory that if the top earners earn more it will "trickle down" to the rest of the economy. To achieve this result, major tax cuts for those in the highest tax brackets were implemented, with the result that the national debt was doubled during the Reagan years. ...more
February 14, 2009
Commissioners Discuss Interview Policy, Or Lack Of One
Fire commissioners recently agreed not to get involved in the district's hiring process. ...more
February 12, 2009
Hillsborough Budget 'Numbers Could Get Progressively Worse'
A declining housing market and mounting home foreclosures could knock a $58 million hole in Hillsborough County's budget next year and cost dozens of county employees their jobs. ...more
February 12, 2009
Stimulus Won't End Budget Cuts In Florida
Florida won't get enough federal stimulus money to avoid more budget cuts, the state Senate's budget leader said Monday. ...more
February 9, 2009
Fire District Names Budget Director
The fire district received one resume for its financial director opening and wasted no time scheduling an interview. ...more
February 5, 2009
Budget May Bring More Cuts
The continuing decline in the local economy will force Hillsborough County commissioners to sharpen their budget knives again this year and consider more layoffs. ...more
February 5, 2009
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