County Budgets For Dummies
Administration director hands out primers for where taxpayers’ dollars go to combat misinformation as campaign season gets under way.
Call it a preemptive strike. Lehigh County Director of Administration Tom Muller Wednesday handed out laminated fact sheets to county commissioners, the press and others as a budget primer for the campaign season. Eight Republicans are running for nominations for four at-large commissioners seats. Four Democratic candidates are unopposed in the Primary. “I’m a Republican, I’m not a candidate,” said Muller, who added sarcastically, “I guess I’m one of those lazy county employees who gets alluded to a lot in campaign brochures.” The budget breakdown and county “factoids” on the back should help when candidates get hit with questions from voters about where their money goes, he said. “It shows you exactly where the county tax dollars go so …
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