“And why does a county with a two-digit population need a judge making over $130,000 a year?”
Justice of the Peace at $100K is pretty good money also.
Loving County is about half the size of Rhode Island, so not small, political subdivision wise anyway.
It’s a bit North and West of Pecos and Monahans. Never been to Loving County but if it’s anything like Pecos and Monahans, I have no desire to go.
At any given time there are several thousand oil field workers in Mentone. There’s also a new frac sand facility going in that will employ between 2 and 3 hundred miners at an average wage of around $60k.
None of the above live in the county as there’s no housing. They stay in man-camps for a week or more at a time.