Baltimore County Executive James Smith's Proposed $2.5 Billion Budget Focuses On Schools

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While urging fiscal responsibility and conservative budget management, Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. on Monday unveiled his $2.5 billion 2008 budget, which is focused mostly on schools but includes money for library additions and two community centers.

The budget, presented during Smith's annual state of the county address at a special session of the Baltimore County Council, is 6 percent higher than 2007's but does not include any tax increases.

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Baltimore County Executive James Smith's Proposed $2.5 Billion Budget Focuses On Schools

More than half the money, $1.3 billion, is for schools.

The biggest chunk of that money, $171 million, will be for major renovat...

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