Lexington County Sitting On $75.7 Million Cash Reserve
YET ITS “LEADERS” DESPERATELY NEED A TAX HIKE? Lexington County, S.C. – which is aYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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I always hate this argument Will. That money they have is required to keep their bond rating. If they kept a zero bank account, they would be screwed if anything came up unexpected. Is that too much to keep on hand, I don’t know. But they do need money on hand just like you need to keep money in a savings account.
A lot difference in $66.5 million and 0. Especially for a town w/ a $25 million annual budget.
What is the budget for the County? Also, what are they having to keep on hand to pay for bonds when they come due? (This is the county level, not town level according to the article) Many bonds require a sinking fund to pay off when the bonds come due.
Sorry: I don’t usually read much of FITS’ crap. I looked at the photo of the Town sign. And don’t disagree with some level of reserves, you are right about bond rating.
I have a feeling RJ is paying FITS in the penny tax thing, in LexCo. It’s the only reason FITS is on the right side of it. (against the penny tax.) Anti-penny tax, because they have been foolish already (begging for RichCo to love them) is reason to oppose the penny tax.
That’s always it. I’m getting paid. Make sure to tell my wife where that check is ok???
I hope you get it right just on instinct. We need much more of that, since it is line (I think) with the majority of the people. If you”re not getting paid, please accept my apologies.
“Sorry: I don’t usually read much of FITS’ crap.”
For not reading much, you sure do make up for it in the number of posts here.
Stop the logic! Sic Willie don’t need no stinkin’ logic!
The Lexington and York reserves seem high, but the Greenville one seems about right, given the fact it has double the population of the other two.
Beaufort County is actually laying people off so it can continue to increase its slush account … er fund balance. They want to get their discretionary fund balance from $20 million to $30-some million.
York County “leaders” are pushing for a $60,000,000 bond referendum. They are all self styled “conservative Republicans” that have never met a dollar of someone else’s money that they didn’t want to spend. The high Sheriff wants an unneeded second jail. The second jail would be in the form of a $40,000,000 boondoggle to stoke his ego and give him something to have named after him. Much larger population and land area counties make due with one jail. Vote NO for more tax dollars for politicians that already have $68,900,000 of taxpayer money!
http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/08/21/6252754_york-county-may-decide-bond-with.html?sp=/100/101/&rh=1
DO you know why they need a second jail? It is because Family Court Judges could care less what the population is and throw any dead beat dad (Or mom) who has back child support in Jail. That means there is no room for criminals so bonds are set low so these people can get out to make room for these dead beats. They really need to build a second prison just for dead beats, but without all the technology and such. Build it cheap I guess.
These tax increases are the SC Establishment’s answer to Obamacare cost increases and are nothing but a bail-in for the 450,000 plus state and local government public worker’s Blue Cross/Blue Shield healthcare policies and coverage for their children to age 26.
They need that money to continue spending (lining some pockets) on Town signs, rocks and water falls…………not sure if fence came with it…………with price tag over $600,000!
I have never needed a bond to pay my way through life. I pay as I go and have never had the leisure of seeing a sustainable income like Lexington County has year after year. Just keep taking money from the citizens and we will be able to build great big office buildings in the middle of town soon. Oh, wait I think we already did something that dumb.
I simply do not believe that ~76 million dollars was left not misspent by Frazier, Metts, Knots, et al. I simply do not believe it.
Lexington County raises property taxes nearly every year and then there is this. This referendum is nothing more than a slush fund for school districts and municipalities.