Erie County Budget not yet settled

I thought, as did most people, that the EC budget was resolved in the wee hours of December 8th. Not so, according to the local news this morning. Al DiBenedetti was interviewed and he said that he no longer supported the penny sales tax increase. He wants bigger spending cuts and wants patronage addressed. Sounds good, you say? He'll only support a sales tax increase of .75 of one penny, raising the local sales tax to a flat 9%. Oooh, boy. I guess NOW I shouldn't feel ripped off anymore. Pathetic.