Local governments face painful choices

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Courtesy MSNBC.com: Business  Wed, 07/08/2009 - 17:14

Elkhart County Department of Public services personnel backfill a ditch after installing new drainage pipes.<br /><br />The county has experimented with four-day workweeks to reduce costs.Local officials in city and county governments across the country are scrambling to maintain services in the face of a sharp drop in revenues.

By John W. Schoen.


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