‘No More Peters to Pay Paul’ - County Cash Flow Budget Crisis Worsens

‘No More Peters to Pay Paul’ — County Cash Flow Budget Crisis Worsens

By Paul Sylvain Washington County’s towns and cities, still reeling after getting broadsided with a hefty 22% county tax increase this year, should begin bracing for a replay next year and perhaps beyond. As Washington County Manager Renee Gray explained during a telephone interview on July 11, the county once carried several healthy reserve accounts until 2019, when the

‘No More Peters to Pay Paul’ - County Cash Flow Budget Crisis Worsens

Paul Sylvain Washington County’s towns and cities, still reeling after getting broadsided with a hefty 22% county tax increase this year, should begin bracing for a replay next year and perhaps beyond. As Washington County Manager Renee Gray explained during a telephone interview on July 11, the county once carried several healthy reserve accounts until 2019, when the county’s