Orange Facing Economic Changes in Potential Funding Crisis

Orange Facing Economic Changes in Potential Funding Crisis

When Orange’s new city manager starts work Monday he’ll be confronting a shortfall in revenue that consultants say could lead the city into bankruptcy. “The city has to make a course correction,” Mayor Pro Tem Denis Bilodeau said. “We asked voters for a half-cent sales tax increase and it was defeated by 400 votes, so we have to make do with what we have, but there’s other options on the table.” The city hired a consultant — Grant Thornton Advis…