Debating more deputies: County commissioners ask for feedback

 

by Sarah Craighead Dedmon

A months-long debate weighing the rise in crime against a proposed increase in county taxes continued at last week’s budget meeting. The nine-member committee met in Machias on Thursday, Oct. 11 and breezed through the office of deeds budget, then devoted two hours to discussing three proposed deputy positions for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office (SO). 

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