Today’s N&R fornt-pager mentions public safety as part of Guilford County’s goal of $17 million in budget cuts, but the article primarily focuses on cuts to human services, nonprofit organizations and public libraries.

I heard Sheriff BJ Barnes on Rush radio this morning and he said that county manager Brenda Jones Fox’s budget was so tight that if the price of gas increased over the course of the year, he might not be able to fuel his cruisers.