Johannes Stark is credited with having said, “They should give the Nobel Prize to the first guy who doesn’t discover a new subatomic particle.” Along the same lines, it would be newsworthy if a local government in WNC rejected stimulus funds or balanced their budget without cutting programs, dipping into their fund balance, or raising taxes or fees. Since that is nowhere in sight, I’ll just rejoice knowing the red tape associated with newly-printed government money; particularly, measures created by the state to administer it, has got local governments complaining that centralized government bodies are too bureaucratic. The latest complaint comes from Hendersonville.
by Leslee Kulba
Wild West blogger