Fiscal responsibility only during a fiscal emergency?
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 By James Nesbitt
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported yesterday that the current economic downturn is forcing Hamilton County towards a fiscal emergency. The commissioners have called for several belt-tightening measures, but the explanation of one in particular catches the eye:
[Commissioner David] Pepper has also suggested a lockdown on all county spending through the end of the year, meaning whenever a department wants money, it will have to prove that the expense is necessary.
Shouldn’t county departments always be able to prove that their expenses are necessary, regardless of fiscal emergency?
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