Stewart Doreen is really doing a bang-up job of keeping readers of the Midland Reporter-Telegram informed about the Midland County Commissioners spending of taxpayer money. In the latest he tells us this Proposed budget includes 9 percent raise for commissioners.
The Midland Texas County government is awash with money from tax inflow. And who can forget how surprised they were that a booming economy would cause a big jump in sales tax revenue? If only taxpayers could be that lucky.
So the county has money burning a hole in its pocket even after giving away a whopping $12 million to other taxing entities. For a refresher about that, see County answers call for collaboration. And see previously at this blog: Taxpayers are ignored in Midland County wealth distribution scheme.
If we are lucky, the winner of the County Judge slot in November will do some belt tightening. Although, it's hard to be optimistic since he will have to battle an entrenched entitlement minded commissioners court.
In any event, kudos to Stewart Doreen for maintaining a newsman's tradition of being a government watchdog. There were times when it appeared as if he were serving as a lapdog for the city council, so it's nice to see him dig into the county commissioners.
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9:02 AM 8/22/2018
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