No pain, no gain
      It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you spend more money than you take in, it's going to eventually catch up with you and cause problems. Such is the case with Carroll County's finances. Over the past several years, spending has outpaced revenues.
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Midwest Memo
The big clipper
by Alan Shultz
      Every once and a while I'll read a story about some lady who feeds her family of 5 for $12.25 or so a month, thanks to her amazing coupon clipping system. The "system" almost always involves a complex color-coded filing set-up with crossreferences for both food item categories and coupon expiratio...
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Letters to the Editor
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Web poll
Tell us startingWednesday at our web site, carrollcountycomet. com
      Each week the Comet polls its readers on a different topic. Vote online at carrollcountycomet.com starting eachThursday, and then click the Comments link to send us an email voicing your opinion. The best responses will be printed the following week.
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