Recently in Northern Virginia's Prince William County (the second biggest in Virginia by the way) a lot of fuss is being made over the allocation of "carry-over funds" into pet projects county wide.
Damn. Straight. They're Mad.
These funds are basically the government's leftovers at the end of a well managed fiscal year. Leftover budget money, and over-raised taxes are all piled up and doled out to whatever projects the Board of Supervisors really feels like putting them into.
So What's Wrong With That?
The fact is, the extra money that we have paid into our government should come back from our government if they aren't using it. Don't get me wrong, coming in under budget really revs my engine, Prince William. That's great, but the money you aren't using should not go to pet projects.
Pet Projects? That's Wrong.
In light of certain conflict of interest situations that the Prince William County Board of Supervisors has found itself in the past few years, there's a very expectable amount of skepticism that those dollars will go to the causes they should. For example, earlier this year, one PWC Councilman tried to slide by 100,000 dollars of funding for his WIFE'S riding center.
Bottom Line
Prince William, your extra money may be going to dubious causes, when it should be either going right back to the taxpayer, or should be dealt with transparently. Tell youer rather than behind the scenes in the Board chambers.
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