As with most counties, ours is in the process of preparing next year’s budget. I don’t know about the rest of you, but this is a very stressful time for me. We find out every year who needs a budget increase, which just happens to be whomever we are speaking with at the time. … [Read more...] about From The President
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On Sunday, Feb. 27, the Texas Panhandle experienced the worst firestorm since 2006 when we burned more than 1,000,000 acres of land. Although this year we did not burn as much acreage, less than 100,000 acres across the Panhandle, the impact and financial loss will exceed that of the 2006 fire because of … [Read more...] about From The President
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Texas is in the midst of a sustained drought period causing extreme fire danger. Many counties have imposed County Burn Bans in an effort to curb the danger of wild fires. However, this causes commissioners courts to face local pressure to allow certain waivers for burning or to lift bans before conditions … [Read more...] about From The President
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I hope everyone is getting settled into the New Year and all of our new officials are getting acquainted with one another and with their courthouse duties. This is always a strange time for me because I begin to miss the individuals who are no longer with us while at the same time I am excited about the new people I get to meet and work alongside. One of the certainties that … [Read more...] about From The President
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From the President Well, here we go into the New Year. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends, and that the beginning of 2011 finds you well. WOW…2011! It seems like only yesterday that we were all worried about Y2K and what it would do to our computers. Isn’t it strange how our problems and concerns … [Read more...] about From the President