“It adds up.”
And who’ll be saying that it’s worth every penny?
Go ask the county about their yearly income generation from taxes. Unless the state steps in or they just offer up fancy deals for people to plea their way out....it’ll bankrupt the county.
I wonder what Maclennan County’s budget is for the year. I doubt it’s hundreds of millions of dollars. Someone’s sphincter should be tightening up.
What happens when a county in Texas goes bankrupt? Can they go bankrupt As a subdivision of the state, does the state have any skin in this? Would the county simply be merged into adjacent counties?
That’s on the table for West Virginia counties long term. Digitization of court house records makes it easier.