Washington County Budget Drawing Heat

From Saturday’s Post Star:

“The 2009 Washington County budget isn’t pleasing everyone. More than 100 concerned citizens filled the Board of Supervisors chambers on Friday to voice their opinions on the proposed $117.3 million spending plan.

The tentative budget contains an 8-percent hike in the tax levy, a $106,000 cut to the county Sheriff’s Office’s budget and a 50 percent reduction in funding to the Hudson Falls arm of Cornell Cooperative Extension.”

Read the entire piece here.

Update – ALERT:

“At the same time, supervisors on the committee backed the elimination of two county-run parks,” ..  AT THIS TIME THIS INCLUDES THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BEACH