Waiting to hear….
The D&C believes that it would be in the best interest of the county and the school boards if the decision for the County’s appeal to the courts on the Intercept plan were to be expedited. I agree. The sooner we know, the sooner both institutions will be able to move forward with their budgeting plans with the knowledge of the money they will/will not have.
The county is pressing ahead with its appeal to the state Court of Appeals, which is the last stop. That court should move as quickly as possible to review the issues and decide whether it will take the case. Both sides in the litigation — the county and the school districts — should urge an expedited reply on that score.
The chief reason for the hurry-up is that the suburban districts are preparing their budgets now for submission to the voters on May 20. If the Court of Appeals chooses not to take the case, districts will need time to adjust their budgets to reflect receipt of sales tax revenue they were not sure would be coming. If the appeal will be heard, the districts can proceed with their spending plans without the tax money. But either way, they need to know.
The county, though its budget is in place, needs to know, too, if it has a $29 million hole to fill. This page has urged County Executive Maggie Brooks’ administration to show the public its Plan B in the event the intercept plan goes down.
Yeah, Maggie-how is that Plan B spelled? Is it T-A-X I-N-C-R-E-A-S-E ?
Maybe it should have just been that all along. Or, maybe you should have listened to the Democrats.
[...] decided to work together to put together a” plan B” budget in the even that the appeal is either not heard or decided against: In a rare show of cooperation across party lines, the Monroe County Legislature has called upon [...]