County Budget Battle Nothing New
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Dear Editor:

I read with great interest the "This Week in County History" in the June 30 paper. It appears that the battle with the county budget battle is nothing new.

Everyone is so quick to blame the current county commissioners, when in fact, this apparently has been an ongoing battle for 25 years.

I think this article should be run in the front section of the paper instead of being buried in the back, so the fine folks of Sequoyah County can have an understanding of the budget battle.

Larry Vinson

Sallisaw

Editor's Note: The history column item Mr. Vinson references involved a meeting of county officers called 25 years ago by then-District Attorney John W. Russell. County officials were in sharp disagreement over how to split up the county budget, and Russell called them together to tell then that if they did not settle their differences, and soon, the budget would end up in court.
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