A recurring theme in today’s news is local governments going around trying to recover money they feel is rightly owed them.
- Tuesday was UNC legislative day, and a delegation of university representatives lobbied against proposals that could result in a $239.8 million funding cut for the state’s education system – lottery and strange expenditures notwithstanding.
- The Canton Board of Aldermen crashed a meeting of the Haywood County Commissioners to appeal for restoration of its annual $30,000 recreational disbursement. The city has plans for spending up to $400,000 on recreational facilities, and faults the county for planning a $6.3 million sports complex.
- Swain County invested in a jail hoping to earn money off housing federal inmates. Then, The Eastern Band of the Cherokee announced it wanted to build its own prison and thus capture a substantial share of the prisoner market. Now, Swain wants relief.
- The City of Asheville is hitting all news sources for wanting to get back $2,000,000 it loaned to the Pack Square Conservancy.
