Behind the Headlines

By Stephanie Ariganello; stephaniea@monroenews.com

No, no. That should read “cents”. Okay, so some of the humor may be lost in the reading, since there is a clear difference in spelling, but imagine hearing it.

Talking to Charles Londo, CFO/Admin for the county, about the upcoming budget last week:
He relayed that the prelim budget has the county spending $53,699,523 in 2008. I jokingly asked what the change was, since it was such a huge number.

“Cents? Oh, we don’t use any cents at the county,” said Mr. Londo.

I immediately laughed. It’s a statement probably confirming what most of you have suspected all along.

“Wait,” he said. “That’s not how it sounded.”