In a room full of differing opinions, wants, and needs Corey Stewart says his job is to broker a deal.
As the At-large Chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, Stewart is in the middle of a nearly four-month effort to find common ground with taxpayers that want certain county services funded. He also must bridge gaps with fellow Republicans and Democrats on his Board in the second largest county in Virginia who will decide in late April what will be funded in the upcoming fiscal 2016 budget -- and what won’t be.
The Supervisors began talking about the budget in December, and ordered County Executive Melissa Peacor to create a proposed budget that contained for funding cuts in everything from new sports fields, parks, as well as for freezing county government employees’ salaries. Just days after Peacor presented the austere financial plan, it became clear the cuts and wage freezes weren't going to happen, and many of the programs on the chopping block were restored.
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