Leonard Abbatiello’s presentation last week was informative and well attended. Bev summarizes it nicely here. You can view his presentation and supplemental info here.
My upcoming column ties this year’s budget discussions back to two of his major points. First, we’ve been given a false sense of security in the form of an artificially suppressed property tax rate. Second, our history of spending without limits has caught up to us. It’s time to put an end the politics and get real about our future.
Trina Baughn 