St. Croix Valley Nursing Home Advocates Question Deep Budget Cuts | KSTP TV - Minneapolis and St. Paul: "The group gathered Tuesday to express their frustration with the supervisors who they say attempted to remove the levy funding of $600,000 from the County Nursing Home at the October County Board meeting.
The group says the motion, brought forth by Steve Hermsen, District 13, failed after a 9 to 9 floor vote. However, a budget motion by Sharon Norton-Bauman to take $320,000 from the nursing home was passed."
The nursing home budget is over $6,400,000 so those represent cuts of 10% and 5%. Those are significant cuts but our economic situation calls for tightening our belts. The $320,000 that was cut represents the amount that taxpayers were subsidizing those who can afford to pay for their own care. Asking people who have lost their jobs and/or houses to subsidize people who don't need the money isn't justifiable to me.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
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