"a potential boost to the county coffers with little impact on county services or infrastructure"

The Union Democrat's Hoyt Elkins did get part of the story right when he referenced the DSAs support for Trinitas and echoed their reason for support: "a potential boost to the county coffers with little impact on county services or infrastructure."

The reason: "County revenue has become a matter of concern for sheriff's deputies with the announcement by Sheriff Dennis Downum that his department's spending plan goes into budget hearings today facing the prospect of massive cuts in extra hires and reassignment of patrol deputies."

See my previous post. Without Trinitas and other projects like it, we're looking at one of two outcomes here...fewer deputies or higher taxes.

If the County has to impose a new tax to pay for police and other vital services maybe it should be called the "Mayhew Tax"...