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“At the end of next year, we’ll be a year behind,’’ agreed Chairman Newbill Miller.
“But the claims are caught up now,’’ interjected Clerk E.M. Jones.Luke
was glad to hear that, but he thought “we might want to consider paying our employee’’ first, and “write a letter to dog fund claimants’’ explaining that they’d be paid when funds were available.
Commonwealth’s Attorney George Davis agreed that “salaries should come first.’’
So did Miller. “We’ve got to put the program on a paying basis,” said he.
“We haven’t raised the dog tag in 50 years and everything else has been going up,” observed Pete Luke. “It’s bad policy to let a man go six months without salary. We ought to pay our way. I’d like to open up this for discussion.”
BY WAY of openers,
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