Extension staffing and funding seem to always be on the chopping block.
Most folks we work with tell us how much they appreciate our help and can't imagine why anyone would want to cut such a useful program. Unfortunately, those same people generally only tell us they appreciate our efforts. Our reply is that it does little good to market ourselves more when our limited resources cannot adequately serve the clientele we already have. We believe you are much more concerned about us helping you resolve problems with health care, nutrition, youth at risk, environmental, regulatory, and rural development issues than you are about us spending your tax money promoting ourselves. That's where you come in.