{"id":8195,"date":"2025-05-23T15:21:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/?p=8195"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:21:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T19:21:41","slug":"cleveland-county-nc-fy2025-2026-recommended-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/2025\/05\/23\/cleveland-county-nc-fy2025-2026-recommended-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland County NC FY2025-2026 Recommended Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Truth Report, eritas, conclusions and Opinions provided<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>by<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0Robert A<\/b><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b><\/u><\/strong>AI Overview:<\/b><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>It is <\/b><\/strong>not possible<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>to definitively say<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0whether Cleveland County’s FY 25-26 recommended budget was revenue-neutral.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

This information <\/b><\/strong>would require access to the specific details<\/u>\u00a0of the proposed budget and available revenue figures for that fiscal year. However, the County can choose to include revenue-neutral elements in the budget <\/b><\/strong>by not including new tax increases <\/b><\/u><\/strong>and by utilizing its existing revenue streams.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

The County would need to decide what its priorities are for revenue and spending for the next fiscal year.\u00a0The budget can include revenue-neutral elements, like ensuring current funding levels for operations are maintained without new increases in taxes<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The County would need to assess revenue sources like property taxes, sales tax, <\/b><\/strong>user fees, and other fees<\/b><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0that the county charges. <\/b><\/strong>The budget also would need to balance revenues with expenditures.<\/p>\n

The County Board would need to decide how it wants to allocate its resources, like paying for services, staffing, and funding programs.<\/p>\n

The proposed budget also would need to account for how revenue changes over time, along with any projected increases in expenditures<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Editor\u2019s Note:<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Folks,<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Robert A\u2019s<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0last article clearly showed that the subject Fiscal Year 25-26 Cleveland County Recommended Budget <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>was NOT Revenue <\/b><\/u><\/strong>Neutral<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and 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!.<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, this independent AI (Artificial Intelligence) review of the 167 pages of the FY 25-26 Cleveland County Recommended Budget says <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>it is not possible<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0that this Recommended FY 25-26 Budget can be stated to be Revenue Neutral.<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

And, <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0has 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.<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, folks, the citizens of Cleveland County \u201cboycotted\u201d the May 20, 2025 Commissioners Meeting when this Phony Revenue Neutral budget was \u201crolled out.\u201d 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 Ro<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>bert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0to please consider running for CC Commissioner at the next Election. Hey, how could <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0or anybody else do worse than Deb Hardin and Doug Bridges? Or Kevin Gordon and Johnny Hutchins for that matter???<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>Robert A\u2019s<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0part <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0has come to believe that the only thing worse than a \u201cWoke\u201d Democrat, is a Rogue RINO-Republican riding on President Donald J. Trump\u2019s 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 <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0won\u2019t name right now. <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong> Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u201ccalculates\u201d (and <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>Robert A\u2019s<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0calculations are almost always 100% correct) that many of the best candidates to turn around Cleveland County and Cleveland County Schools are registered as <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>Unaffiliated<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>. 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! <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>Robert A<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0recommends the Conservative Unaffiliated CC citizens immediately change their Registration to Republican for <\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong>three reasons<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>:<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. <\/i><\/b>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.<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. <\/i><\/b>If Conservative \u201cUnaffiliated\u201d 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.<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. <\/i><\/b>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.<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    And forget about having to \u201csuck up\u201d 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.<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Folks, Stay tuned!!! There are PLENTY of other reasons that the Cleveland County FY 25-26 Recommended Budget is NOT Revenue Neutral.<\/p>\n

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    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.<\/p>\n

    For the tax and spend CC Commissioners Kevin Gordon, Deb Hardin, Johnny Hutchins and Doug Bridges, the words Revenue Neutral<\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0are only DECEPTIONS<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0for raising our tax BILLS while claiming they have lowered our taxes. <\/i><\/b><\/u><\/em><\/strong>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!!!<\/p>\n

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    Truth Report, eritas, conclusions and Opinions provided\u00a0by\u00a0Robert A \u00a0AI Overview: \u00a0It is not possible\u00a0to definitively say\u00a0whether Cleveland County’s FY 25-26 recommended budget was revenue-neutral. This information would require access to the specific details\u00a0of the proposed budget and available revenue figures for that fiscal year. However, the County can choose to include revenue-neutral elements in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"2","parallax":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"single-left","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"topbottom","share_float_style":"share-normal","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","number_popup_post":"2"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"no-crop","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"Question: Is the Cleveland County NC FY 25-26 Recommended Budget Revenue Neutral?? Or dirty tricks and bald-faced lies??"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cgg-investigations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8197,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8195\/revisions\/8197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citizensforgoodgovernment.org\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}