NASCAR & Hoops Vs. Veterans
There’s an old cliche when it comes to tweaking government budgets: If you want to add something, you need to cut something. Mecklenburg Commissioner Bill James is taking it to heart.
James wants to increase funding for the Veteran’s Service Office, which is targeted to lose half its $1 million budget and seven of 14 employees, by cutting $200,000 currently budgeted for the CIAA basketball tournament and $62,500 for the NASCAR All-Star race.
The proposal would need approval from a majority of the board and James is part of a Republican minority. But he thinks he can win over some converts.
“It’s the right thing to do,” James said, “and as an added bonus it would get the county out of the convention subsidy business.”
Commissioners are slated to approve a final budget June 15.
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