Letters

Closer look

This letter is in response to an article in the Whitman Gazette, regarding the proposed budget cuts in the Whitman County Health Department. Having worked in Public Health for 23 years and been an administrator for 15 of those years, I am concerned with the budget cuts and direction the Health Department is being forced to take regarding staff and services.

The County Commissioners (Board of Health) have asked for budget cuts annually for 10 or more years. I have faced those budget reductions and I was able to save services for the citizens of the county by reorganization of progra...