Local government will feel state budget pain

RBC I Given the state’s budget woes, the trickle-down effect means local governing bodies won’t be spared taking financial hits.
“It’s just pain across the board,” said Sen. Al White, R-Hayden, who represents Rio Blanco County.
White spoke last week at a meeting of the Northwest Colorado Municipal League in Craig. What he had to say wasn’t pretty.
“The outlook for the remainder of 2010-11, it’s fairly bleak. We’re out of balance about $200 million,”…