The County Government Revenue Stream – Can We Swell the Waters?

In its April 2005 Local Government Survey, “The Challenges of Governing,” the Office of the Texas Comptroller asked participants two key questions:
What are the greatest internal obstacles to fulfilling your organizational goals?
What are the greatest external obstacles to fulfilling your organizational goals?
To most of us in county government, the answers were no surprise. Some 44 percent of respondents cited lack of revenues as their greatest internal challenge, while 37 percent said inadequate funding from the State of Texas represented their most significant external obstacle.
According to the survey analysis, an overwhelming majority