Hernando County Administrator, Gary Kuhl, should be commended for directing all questions about upcoming budget concerns with their Community Relations Director, Brenda Frazier. Budget Director, George Zoettlein will be extremely pressed to meet the one week schedule to implement state-mandated tax cuts from the Florida Legislature's new property tax bill into the county budget for the county commission meeting on June 26, 2007.
Curbing the tide of incomplete information, or just plain misinformation, during this critical period is just common sense. The public is already extremely concerned with the budget process but does not need inflammatory articles in the newspaper, driven by anti-tax crusaders. In that same token, the public would be much better served if the Clerk of Court, Karen Nicolai and County Commissioner David Russell went through the proper chain of command to request information be placed on county commission agendas instead of upstaging the county administrator and Jeff Stabins, our county commission chairman in the media.
Funneling budget information through the Community Relations Director will allow Gary Kuhl the ability to retain the decorum necessary for the budget director to complete his work by next Tuesday. Pray that the decisions made by the Hernando County Board of Commissioners will be in the best interest of all of us that live in this community.
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