"In light of this," he continued, "how can you say that laying off probation officers saves the county money."

If he comes up with a proposal that saves the county money at the expense of people in my district, I'm not for it.

The private group presented another choice, too: a 40-year lease that could ultimately bring the county three times as much money.

"Also, I was concerned about the price - it's almost a million dollars in county money going toward this," she said.

The woman is probably wasting a little county money, shooting some blank pages in the cause of confidence.

They wouldn't, because he would take a plea and save the county money.

In Pennsylvania, he said, "county money is used to leverage federal money, which benefits both public and private nursing homes."

The additional $4.5 million in county money needed for the construction will be repaid out of revenues.

But rather than use county money, Ms. Porter said, local residents are prepared act on their own.

Some said the office was needed to search out waste and fraud and would eventually save the county money.