Columns, Opinion

Editor’s Column: Cutting off the nose to spite the face

By now you’ve likely heard about the drama this week at the county regarding budget cuts and restructuring county departments and how no one wants to lose our local dispatch center. 

It’s true that the commissioners have some difficult decisions to make, and anyone who has ever tried to balance a budget does not envy them that task. However, knee-jerk reactions rarely turn out well in the end. 

In all of the comments from the…