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Originally Posted by tophcfa
I contacted every county commissioner involved in the process via e-mail, some never responded and others responded with the exact same canned response. The public meetings were packed and the opinions of every tax payer opposed to the massive tax increase were brushed off. The same canned explanation for the massive tax increase were simply repeated over and over. The process was a total hoax as the outcome was pre-determined. That’s what makes this very sad, because now people won’t bother to get involved in the future now that it has been proven to them that there is no real process.
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You missed the opportunity for involvement......the expenditures are determined during the budget process. The budget was approved months before your emails were sent.
The process was "pre-determined" because the county had to cover the approved budget expenditures.