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PARIS The Oxford County Commission approved borrowing up to $1.5 million from its Casino Fund to avoid taking out tax anticipation notes to cover temporary budget shortfalls while waiting for towns to pay their county tax.
The decision will save the county thousands of dollars in interest.
Funds will be borrowed as needed. The amounts borrowed plus interest will be paid back to the fund as tax revenues are collected from the municipalities. All money will be repaid no later than Nov. 15.
As of April 1, the Casino Fund had $1,791,900, which grows monthly. Each month the county receives 1% of the revenue earned by Oxford Casino in Oxford from its slot machines and table games.
Commentary: Time to pass L.D. 1668 and close Long Creek
It would be a better use of public dollars to invest them in a continuum of community-based care to replace incarceration for Maine’s young people.
By Grayson Lookner and Abdulkadir AliSpecial to the Press Herald
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Almost a year ago, thousands of Mainers took to the streets to demand state and local leaders shift resources from prisons and policing into our communities. One of the demands included closing Long Creek Youth Development Center, the last youth prison in Maine. Since then, Maine has continued to pour millions of dollars into a failed prison and policing system that harms our most marginalized community members.