Every Democrat elected to any office right now is standing in front of George Bush’s shit fan. Obama, Markell, Coon, on down the line. In one way or anther, they were all hired to clean the shit mess created by George Bush that is trickled down on every state, county, and school district in the country.
They’ll do it, and they’ll do it while nit wits and defectives like Jensen and Pico bitch about it like spoiled 16 year old girls.
New Castle County Executive Chris Coons took steps Thursday to slash spending and warned residents to expect a property tax increase next year as the government struggles against a bleak financial picture made worse by a sharp decline in revenue.
The county has lost $14.2 million since the July 1 start of the fiscal year, mostly from a drop in real estate transfer tax revenue.
The tax — collected when property is bought and sold — was once the second-largest source of income for the county. But as housing sales have plunged, so has the money reaped from the tax.
Coons trimmed $5 million on Thursday by freezing hiring, forbidding nonessential overtime and reducing other expenses, moves he described as just the beginning. He said he plans to announce more cuts in January to help close a $30 million budget gap.
Coons did not reveal how much of a property tax increase is in the works.
“My budget next year will include recommendations to increase revenues significantly,” he wrote. “If we are unable to increase revenues to compensate for some of our lost revenues and pay for the cost of our government, we will have no choice but to take more drastic actions to bring our expenses in line with our revenues.”