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Make Schleicher County pay its own portion of YFZ raid costs

As individual custody hearings continue this week in San Angelo, down the road in Austin this morning the Senate Finance Committeee at 10 a.m. will hold a hearing that will include discussion of how the state will pay for the Great Eldorado Polygamist Roundup.You can watch the hearing live at this link once it begins.So far, the state has spent more than $5.3 million, and expects to spend more than $21 million by next year. And that doesn't include extra costs the county incurs because of court hearings, costs for ad litem attorneys, costs of the raid and other expenses.The state has to pay CPS' bills, but I'd prefer the Legislature NOT bail out Schleicher County on this fiasco. IMO they should be subject to Gen. Colin Powell's "Pottery Barn Rule" ...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 20, 2008 (boomark / email).