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By
Vern Nelson
– April 13, 2012

Orange CEO Tom Mauk looks over his computer screen after presenting county’s budget to the county supervisors Tuesday morning.

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County Supervisors are expected to slash the public safety funding today during the first day of budget hearings. Supervisors are considering recommendations for cutting the entire budget by $1 billion, but the biggest hit to county services will be to public safety — an area that’s been ignored in recent years while other departments cut programs, laid off workers and endured furloughs. Department heads, such as the sheriff and DA, will be there asking for relief from the cuts.

About Vern Nelson

Greatest pianist/composer in Orange County, and official political troubadour of Anaheim and most other OC towns. Regularly makes solo performances, sometimes with his savage-jazz band The Vern Nelson Problem. Reach at vernpnelson@gmail.com, or 714-235-VERN.