6-5 decision nixes loan
In the same week the Hamilton County Commission turned down a $400,000 loan that the City of Red Bank requested to cover a county assessor’s office error, it gave an additional $500,000 to the Humane Educational Society budget.
Before anyone thinks we’re trying to pit money for Red Bank against money for the Humane Society, think again.
We know the Humane Society story, know it’s been underfunded for what it does, know what it’s had to go without and know it will remain underfunded even with the additional amount. So the money was needed and will be welcomed.
(In the meantime, we would like to see movement toward a Humane Society-McCamey Animal Center joint operation, but that’s another story for another day.)