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between what was reported to Richmond and what was included in the county budget lay with the state department of education.

He pointed out that “all the numbers are plugged in right (on required reports), just like they say.” If Eastham doesn’t like the report forms, he should take up the issue with the General Assembly. “You two, in all due respect, got voted down,” he told Eastham and Lane.

Eastham countered that 5130,000 for cafeteria operations was left out of the budget entirely. “That’s sloppy handling...We owe it to the county to strictly account for the money the children pay into the school fund.”

Tired of Stonewalling

“I regret the necessity for this candor,’’ Eastham continued, telling the supervisors that he has had “a belly full of stonewalling” on his proposal for an unqualified audit of the school’s activity and cafeteria

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