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I was at the Budget meeting tonight....

Where were you?

It is sad that so few citizens of Barrow came to stand up for the sheriff and the deputies that are here to protect them.

As it turns out, there is 1.4M dollars of OUR tax dollars sitting in an account for non-existent capital expenditures.

Parks come up with the solution to take $700,000 from that account and apply it toward the sheriff's budget. Seems that didn't sit well with the other members of the BOC. I wish I had know that before I stood up to speak.

So here it is commissioners --- THAT IS MY TAX DOLLARS! Give it to the sheriff.

Citizens that read this blog -- call your commissioner or better yet show up next week at the other two meets (18th 3 pm and 6 pm). Tell them to give the sheriff what he needs.

Those men and women in uniform put their lives on the line EVERY time they put on that uniform and walk out the door.

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