Nogales international., 1930-05-06
EDITORIALS o Bgii
"Between Devil And Deep Blue Sea"


That the Republican Board Of Supervisors has
failed mserably to handle the countys business was
proven beyond doubt at Fridays hearing between
the supervisors and State Tax Commissioners E. A.
Hughes and NJ A. Murphy.
Finding themselves between the devil and the
deep blue sea needing more money badly to carry on
several offices until the end of the fiscal year on June
30-scarcity of funds being due primarily to the
pervisors allowing several departments to exceed their
budget, the Board had the tax commissioners come
down to N0gales to see if they could be given per-
mission to make special levy, whereby more money
could be made available.
Following the conference the tax commission
took the matter under adVisement and the NOgales
international feels safe iii saying that the commission
will only allow part if any, of what the board seeks
Including overdrafts III various funds and money
which the supervisors say is needed to carry until
June &c. the Board seeks permission to raise S1O244
through special tax levy. Special tax evies mean
more spending of the peoples money.
One OF the big surprises of the whole matter is
that such situation has been allowed to develop by
Fred Hannah Hannah is now serving his second term
He should have become thoroughly enough acQuaint-
ed with the countys business during his first term in
office to to it that the county expenditures would
not exceed the budget.
During the hearing Friday two we'll known No
galians-both Republicans by the way-t1yng to help
out their Republican Board of Supervisors
before the tax commission and from what one of those
gentlemen said the reason more funds is needed in
one department is due to two things-broken bones
of this county-and the "large expense to which the
county has been put because Of the recent socalled
meningitis "epidemic". It was not brought out that
some OF the persons injured in the auto accidents
were MOI dependent upon the county and it was not
brought out that Nogales has not had what can be
truly called spinal meningitis epidemic During the
past three months there has only been two cases of
meningitis here. That was epidemic The expense
OF guards etc. at the very few homes where there has
been any meningitis the past year surely could not
have been large
According to Rev. O. A. Smith of Trinity Congre-
gational church who handles INDECENT relief for the
county and the Associated Charities, money is
also needed for that work. the $4,000 or $47OO appro
priaon for the fiscal Year ending June 80 being too
SMALL ne intimated Smith served notice that this ap
preparation will be increased next year meaning the
year beginning July l. He also said that $4,000
would not be any too much to carry on this work
Tax Commissioner Hughes told the supervisors
that asking for emergency on an overdraft is alb
souely illegal He also plainly intimated that lit is
just too bad county affairs have been allowed to get
in such shape" 49,
AS the conference was ending and it was seen the
commission would not make decision Friday but
would take the matter under advsement with the
chances that the request for $10244 will be turned
down, Supervisor Hannah said: "If we can't get it
we can manage to do without If that can be done
then why Hannah trying to get special lew?
Hannah and his Republican colleagues have been
failures as supervisors and voters this fall will see to
1t that they not reelected for another term should
they again be candidates. The primary system en-
abes the people at the end Of the first term
officials "who have not made good'. Middleton and
Henderson are now serving their first term Hannah
has been in office long enough and should he become
candidate for third term he will learn in Novenl-
Der the extent Of his popularity as "business man
in further handling the countys business.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS RESPON-I
SIBLE FOR CONDUCT OF THE COUNTY'S BUSI-
NESS Such situation as now exists at the court
house is due to mismanagement. Managers of the
County business are the present three Republican
Supervisors
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