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trator, treasurer, commissioner of revenue, and county clerk. The advantage of this option, according to Cox, is twofold: 1) efficiency, and 2) the fact that the state would compensate part of the financial officer’s salary. This is because the state automatically compensates the county for part of the treasurer’s and commissioner of revenue’s salary.
The disadvantage, admitted Cox, is that the creation of the position is politically not feasible, because the consolidation of such constitutional positions as treasurer and commissioner of revenue must first be allowed by a referendum. The board agreed that a move to consolidate those positions would be unpopular.
During the meeting it seemed likely that the supervisors would allocate funds for an administrator in the ’85-86 budget, because they all agreed that an administrator was necessary. What caused the Board to hesitate, it seemed, was a speech by Robert Eastham of Flint Hill. After his statement, the idea of hiring an administrator lost momentum, causing the Board to put off the allocation of funds for the position and resolving merely to “pursue the idea.”
The thrust of Eastham’s
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