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P.E. Supervisors Adopt Five Cent (12%) Real Estate Tax Rate Increase

As previously reported in the Southside Messenger, the Finance/Budget Committee of the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors met on a number of different occasions and identified…

Prince Edward Contractor Threatens to Sue County for $750,000

Prince Edward County Supervisors held a regular Board meeting on June 10, 2014 that lasted approximately five hours.  One of the speakers during the Public Participation portion…

The Prince Edward Budget Committee – The Way Local Government is Supposed to Work

For at least the past 10 years, the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors has followed the same general approach to making financial decisions.  They did not…

P.E. Committee Makes Significant Progress Toward Solving Budget Problems

Prince Edward County Administrator Wade Bartlett presented his proposed budget for FY 15 (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015) at a special Board of Supervisors meeting…

P.E. Co. Will Spend $329,599 on Utilities in 2015 with Revenues of Only $1632

This is the second Southside Messenger article on large Prince Edward County expenditures contained in the proposed FY 2015 Budget. Contained in the proposed Prince Edward County…

P.E. Supervisors May Spend More than $250,000 on YMCA in FY 2015

As reported in the May 8, 2014 issue of The Southside Messenger, there continues to be controversy about the proposed Prince Edward County Fiscal Year 2015 Budget.…

P.E. Supervisors Make Hard Decision about Employee Health Insurance for FY 2015

One complaint heard repeatedly since the announcement of a possible 19% increase in the Prince Edward County real estate tax rate, has been that the County spends…

P.E. Supervisors Do Not Pass Budget

On May 6, 2014, Prince Edward County Supervisors met to vote on the proposed Fiscal Year 2015 (July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015) Prince Edward County…

Prince Edward Writer Wins Literature’s Highest Honor

Prince Edward Writer Wins Literature’s Highest Honor

The Pulitzer Prize Board announced on April 14, 2014, that the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction had been awarded to Donna Tartt for her third novel, The…

P.E. Citizens Strongly Oppose 19% Tax Increase

Prince Edward County Supervisors held a public hearing on April 22, 2014, on the proposed County budget for next year (FY15, which goes from July 1, 2014…

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