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Article: Southwest Bond-Watch.(Southwest)
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- The Bond Buyer
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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Byline: Jim Watts
ARIZONA
Treasurer Sues Supervisors
Maricopa County Treasurer Charles "Hos" Hoskins has sued county supervisors in a bid to increase his department's annual budget to $3.4 million from $2.6 million and add two cashiers and two accountants.
Hoskins filed the suit last week in Maricopa County Superior Court.
The treasurer maintains that the current budget won't cover current payroll and supplies. The department was funded for five cashiers in fiscal 2009, but Hoskins said the office has only one full-time cashier.
The treasurer's office manages an investment portfolio of about $3 billion, and ...