Part 2: What Does the Budget Do for South County?
An in-depth look at the Anne Arundel County operating and capital budgets, and how they directly affect residents in south county.
After the County Council adopted its operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2013, many south county residents contacted Patch wondering how it affected them directly. After sitting down with Councilman Jerry Walker (R-7th District) for an in-depth look at the $1.2 billion operating budget and $181 million capital budget, Patch learned about several major developments coming to the area. In the first installment of this two-part story, Patch discussed the new $750,000 parking lot coming to Southern High, the council’s approval of more than 120 new county school positions and $340,000 field lights coming to Southern Middle School. In addition to the new positions, the Board of Education released a preliminary list showing that …
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My Opinion
6:57 pm on Friday, June 15, 2012
I was all for the Keep South County Rural stuff until South County residents, who apparently think their way of living is better then ours, voted against us and supported that Casino at the mall instead of the racetrack! Not only did they vote for it but their personal comments to those of us who were asking for their support were insulting to say the least....so who cares about South County … more ›