Maximum Leader Hood will be on WBT around 10:30am to talk about financing options for the city and county in the event the half-cent is repealed. Like he spun out here the other day, there are more options than city officials like to admit.

Along those lines, be sure to pick up The Rhino Times that is out today. In it editor Mark Pellin also examines just what the county can and cannot do regarding controlling its financial destiny. Long story short — a lot more than the doom-and-gloomers admit.