[ATTACH]10700[/ATTACH] The editorial cartoon in the Walton Sun seems to be on the mark this week with one caveat. The 5 million dollar deficit is in reality a "projected deficit" rather than reality at this time. The school board has time to react in a responsible manner to address the reality of today. Times are tough - the national, state and local economies are in dire straits. Property values are continuing their downward spiral, sales tax revenues continue to decline, unemployment continues to rise, and the stock market is a disaster. It is time for those on the School Board to be financially prudent. They need to act now rather than later to match the decline in revenues with a decline in expenditures. Each family in Walton County is reducing their expenditures in each and everyway that they can while providing for their everyday needs. The "revenue runup" is over, and the everything you can spend buffet is closed and someone has stripped the money tree of all of its dollars. My question is simple - do we have the right people in these positions that can understand and face reality. Mark Davis has clearly seen this coming for the past two years as he has attempted to slow the tax burden on each of us and still maintain a quality education for our children and grandchildren. Reality is here. Mark we need you to be the leader once again. Waiting until January to make some changes is only going to increase the pain in the future. Start now and evaluate all discreationary spending, reduce your recurring expenses in every way you can and still provide for educational improvement. It is not going to be easy, but it can be done. That's why you get paid the "Big Bucks" :rolling: Just my thoughts.
