County applies for firefighter grant despite list of concerns
By DAMON LAWRENCE
A tax increase.
Enlarging the size of county government.
Uncertainty about the county’s economic future.
All those concerns were expressed during a lengthy discussion commissioners had about a federal grant that would allow the county to hire eight firefighters.
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