Hazlehurst's Blog

Maketa’s tax proposal is a study in doing it wrong

During Tuesday’s special meeting of the County Commission, it was déjà vu all over again. Commissioner Sallie Clark had a testy exchange with her former colleague, the irrepressible Douglas Bruce; Sheriff Terry Maketa discussed in detail his department’s needs; Commissioner Darryl Glenn was absent; and Chairwoman Amy Lathen put on her Game Day face and [...]

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Sheriff publishes puff piece

We all know that local government is in crisis, right? Thanks to the recession, not to mention the unavoidable constraints imposed by TABOR, our elected officials are finding it difficult to fund even the basic needs of government, right?  No money for frills-it’s just meat and potatoes at the city and the county, right? So how, [...]

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