Washington County takes $11M borrowing plan to skeptical public

Washington County takes $11M borrowing plan to skeptical public

Washington County commissioners are holding hearings in the coming weeks to discuss an $11 million bond issue they are asking voters to approve in November. Officials have pitched the bond issue — and an accompanying tax hike of up to 40% — as the path out of a major budget crisis caused by years of poor bookkeeping, improper money transfers and unaudited expenses. Officials have said that years of errors drained county funds and forced them to …