[budwiesest]

The state has bled the counties dry of funds.

Thanks for reminding me of this. Cities and counties will get whacked (again) and then 'they' can begins raising fees to begin the cycle all over again.

Wasn't there an attempt to prevent this 'raid' of local governments from happening again?

[calcowgirl]

Thanks for reminding me of this. Cities and counties will get whacked (again) and then 'they' can begins raising fees to begin the cycle all over again. Wasn't there an attempt to prevent this 'raid' of local governments from happening again?

Ya know, I don't remember. I remember the cities/counties getting raped and tracking how many of them had increased taxes and fees in response. I tracked all this stuff pretty closely for the first three years, but I just got tired of watching all the games in the last year so I haven't been watching as closely.