The Governor has released a budget that states if the special session of the General Assembly does not approve the revenue enhancements he proposes, the state allocation to public libraries will be cut by 10%. In Allegany's case that is a $82,000 cut. I would hypothesize that the cuts to county government from the state would also lead to additional reductions in aid from the county as well.
The irony is that the State deficit was caused by the State itself (passing thornton funding without having a source ofrevenue to pay for it and the 10% income tax cut under the Glendenning Administration) but they wish to pass the pain of fixing it back to the Counties. Allegany County is proposed to get a cut of $12,000,000 in state aid under the proposed FY09 budget.
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