The situation in your county is not unique, John. I worked in my parish (county) government for 25 years and I saw how the courthouse crowd takes care of itself first---higher-than-private-sector salaries; excellent benefits; generous percs; luxurious accomodations and comfortable retirements. And yes, I was and continue to be a recipient of this largesse.
Here the schools are their own governmental entity so they were not directly and deliberately shortchanged. The big winners are the criminal justice entities---sheriff, judges, district attorney and the lock-em-up facilities. If you haven't noticed, those people believe in going first class. All the latest toys and whistles and bells. All this for a group of people who produce nothing and who have no clearly-defined standards of progress or success. Success is what they say it is.
And, like you, I get very annoyed at having to empty my pockets and take off my belt when I go into the courthouse to pay my taxes. It's like little boys playing cops-n-robbers down there.
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