STATE POLICE BARRACKS BIG TICKET ITEM - Budget Digest Funds Come Through

(07/28/2005)

The Budget Digest has come through. Listed with the Digest for Calhoun County is a big-ticket item, a new State Police barracks, a project supported by Del. Bill Stemple and reportedly scheduled to be built near the entrance to Calhoun Middle-High School. Other items totaling $118,000 have been directed to Calhoun projects, although Del. Stemple has not released an official list. Calhoun EMS $5,000; 911 $10,000; Calhoun Committee on Aging $25,000; Calhoun Historical Society $5,000, Calhoun Public Library $14,000; Calhoun County Clerk $10,000; Calhoun schools $39,000; Calhoun-Gilmer Career Center $10,000. Absent was support to county festivals and fairs, or to county fire departments. Calhoun EMS has been lobbying Charleston for replacement funds for two ambulances that are worn-out. Roane County received $158,000, described as "a shrinking amount." That county received between $328,000 and $400,000 in previous years.

Hur Herald ®from Sunny Cal The information on these pages, to the extent the law allows, remains the exclusive property of Bob Weaver and Dianne Weaver The Hur Herald. All information may be freely used but must not be sold or used in any type of commercial endeavor, or used on any web site without the express permission of the owners ©Bob and Dianne Weaver, The Hur Herald, 1999, 2000, 2001