AEP-Machete

oh, for crying out loud, please stop with the ridiculous, whining and absurd statements like this you all look so childish Funny how every property-tax cut story leads with “fewer firefighters per shift” and now road paving , and crime fighting and never with the $350k County Administrator (plus car allowance and deferred comp), the $289k County Attorney, or the half-dozen assistant administrators and directors sitting in the $230k–$260k range. Average county employee makes about $66k. Pinellas has already been flagged by Florida DOGE for DEI trainings, Pride sponsorships, oversized terminal-leave payouts, and other non-essential spending. If the first thing that has to go is the actual first responders, the bureaucracy is doing exactly what it always does—protecting itself while waving the widows and orphans. Cut the overhead before you cut the trucks.