Truth Report, eritas, conclusions and Opinions provided by Robert A
AI Overview:
It is not possible to definitively say whether Cleveland County’s FY 25-26 recommended budget was revenue-neutral.
This information would require access to the specific details of the proposed budget and available revenue figures for that fiscal year. However, the County can choose to include revenue-neutral elements in the budget by not including new tax increases and by utilizing its existing revenue streams.
The County would need to decide what its priorities are for revenue and spending for the next fiscal year. The budget can include revenue-neutral elements, like ensuring current funding levels for operations are maintained without new increases in taxes.
The County would need to assess revenue sources like property taxes, sales tax, user fees, and other fees that the county charges. The budget also would need to balance revenues with expenditures.
The County Board would need to decide how it wants to allocate its resources, like paying for services, staffing, and funding programs.
The proposed budget also would need to account for how revenue changes over time, along with any projected increases in expenditures.
Editor’s Note:
Folks, Robert A’s last article clearly showed that the subject Fiscal Year 25-26 Cleveland County Recommended Budget was NOT Revenue Neutral and provided a simple Property Tax calculation that shows the Commissioners are planning a significant TAX INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEARS BUDGET. And FALSELY claiming the new budget is Revenue Neutral andthat they have actually reduced taxes!.
Now, this independent AI (Artificial Intelligence) review of the 167 pages of the FY 25-26 Cleveland County Recommended Budget says it is not possible that this Recommended FY 25-26 Budget can be stated to be Revenue Neutral.
And, Robert A has plenty more information that PROVES the Cleveland County Commissioners KNOW that this FY 25-26 Recommended Budget requires a huge TAX and Fee increase to balance out their huge SPENDING SPREE.
Also, folks, the citizens of Cleveland County “boycotted” the May 20, 2025 Commissioners Meeting when this Phony Revenue Neutral budget was “rolled out.” The citizens, apparently already convinced that the CC Commissioners are not being honest and forthright with the CC Citizens, Taxpayers and voters. And the only recourse is to vote all of them out of office as soon as possible. There have been some communications asking Robert A to please consider running for CC Commissioner at the next Election. Hey, how could Robert A or anybody else do worse than Deb Hardin and Doug Bridges? Or Kevin Gordon and Johnny Hutchins for that matter???
For Robert A’s part Robert A has come to believe that the only thing worse than a “Woke” Democrat, is a Rogue RINO-Republican riding on President Donald J. Trump’s coat-tails. Rogue RINO-Republicans like Dennis Bailey, Robert Queen, Joel Shores, Ron Humphries, Walter Scott Spurling, Kevin Whisnant, Kevin Gordon, Johnny Hutchins, Gloria Sherman, Deb Hardin, Doug Bridges, Aaron Bridges, Sherry Yocum and a few others that Robert A won’t name right now. Robert A “calculates” (and Robert A’s calculations are almost always 100% correct) that many of the best candidates to turn around Cleveland County and Cleveland County Schools are registered as Unaffiliated. Conservative Democrats who the Woke Democrats have run away from the Democrat Party and Conservative Republicans who the CCGOP have run they away from Registering as Republicans! Robert A recommends the Conservative Unaffiliated CC citizens immediately change their Registration to Republican for three reasons:
- National Offices like President Donald J. Trump have Political Coattails in Cleveland County Elections that will result in all Republicans being elected to the CC Commissioners and the CCS School Board.
- If Conservative “Unaffiliated” Candidates want to run for Office, they will have to gather many thousands of citizens to sign Petitions on their behalf to be able to effectively run for office. This is an onerous task that most often does not work.
- Changes to Party Registrations must be done well in ADVANCE of signing up to run for ELECTED OFFICE. So, Conservative citizens who would make good candidates must be Registered and run as Republican to get elected.
And forget about having to “suck up” to the CCGOP Leadership. They are not going to help you anyway. It is the Conservative Voters that will put YOU in office. Whether they are Registered as Unaffiliated or Republican.
Folks, Stay tuned!!! There are PLENTY of other reasons that the Cleveland County FY 25-26 Recommended Budget is NOT Revenue Neutral.
To us citizens and taxpayers, Revenue Neutral after a Property re-valuation means that our tax bills for 2025 will be the SAME as our TAX Bills in 2024. Before the Revaluation.
For the tax and spend CC Commissioners Kevin Gordon, Deb Hardin, Johnny Hutchins and Doug Bridges, the words Revenue Neutral are only DECEPTIONS for raising our tax BILLS while claiming they have lowered our taxes. It is an old political trick that the voters in CC can eliminate by throwing out the Commissioners who vote for such dirty tricks and bald-faced lies!!!
