In a display of Heavenly generosity unparalleled since the Israelites wandered Sinai subsisting only on manna, God Almighty himself has seen fit to open up the sky above Montgomery County Texas and pour nearly $10 million dollars into government coffers for local commissioners to spend on a bunch of new stuff that is completely FREE and costs taxpayers nothing and you have nothing to complain about at all!!!

[Hat-tip: Houston Chronicle, 7/30/05]

County commissioners have proposed a $131 million budget and a proposed tax rate of .4963 cents per $100 assessed value, the same as the current tax rate.

The proposal is about $10 million more than the current budget year, which ends Sept. 30. It includes money to staff a new jail wing and three new libraries and to fund county employee pay raises.

Gosh, you say, this almost sounds too good to be true… do I have to go down and vote or maybe express my opinion or exercise my rights as a citizen to get all this free stuff?

With the tax rate remaining the same, a public hearing will not be necessary.

Great! Gimmie my free stuff!

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