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Subsequent to last month's Hurricane Florence Governor Cooper ordered $4M to help stricken counties, including Scotland County, fight the mosquito plague. Scotland County commissioners have now stepped up to the plate to address the little pests.

Unfortunately, it looks like our Commissioners are, as usual, a day late and a dollar short. One must question the timing and necessity of this expense at this late date since the much cooler fall weather now upon us will kill off mosquitoes naturally along with their eggs.

The very fact that the spraying program will take five weeks means spraying will still be taking place in late November when most of us will being wearing fall jackets and the mosquitoes will be nothing but a distant memory.

County Commissioners have made it clear that budgetary constraints make it impossible to spray the entire county anyway, so wouldn't it have been a good idea to have thought this whole spraying program through before committing to another expensive boondoggle we don't need and can't afford?

Has there been any thought whatsoever regarding the spraying itself. We know the chemicals are toxic to mosquitoes, but what about humans, especially vulnerable growing children? Why are County Commissioners silent about possible short and long term toxic effects to county residents?

Scotland County Commissioners once again appear poorly informed, lazy and not at all budget conscious. Our county it is trouble because those we elect officials who continue to make very poor decisions. <strong>It's time we demand better decision making and greater fiscal responsibility.</strong>

This latest fiasco is yet more proof that the last thing voters need is to give County Commissioners more money through higher taxation.
<blockquote><em>"Next week a bug spray truck may come to your neighborhood, invited by Scotland County commissioners who held a second meeting this month to discuss to pressing problem of mosquitoes.</em>

<em>The county was given $54,000 from the state to deal with the pesky biters, but estimates seemed to exceed that amount — until County Health Director Kristen Patterson reported to the board she had found a company, Mosquito Authority, that fits the budget.</em>

<em>Aerial sprays started over budget at $70,000, so the board voted to approve the spray by truck route, which will be $6,282 per treatment, including lodging for the workers. The county plans to pay for five treatments after [Hurricane Michael] passes, which will be over a time span of five weeks."</em> <a href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/18918/countyto-startspraying" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Read more...</span></a></blockquote>
Spraying is scheduled to begin next week.
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><em><strong>Sources:</strong></em></span>
<span style="color: #0000ff;"><a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://www.laurinburgexchange.com/news/18918/countyto-startspraying" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Laurinburg Exchange</em></a></span></p>
<a href="https://www.wwaytv3.com/2018/09/27/cooper-orders-4m-to-fight-mosquitoes-after-florence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><em>WWayTV3</em></span></a>

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