Board abandons swimming hole, considers Cultural Services Agency

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The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to abandon the Mariposa swimming hole, out of fears of liability. The county balanced its budget this year with $7 million in one-time funds, and is scrambling for cost savings to avoid falling into a habitual structural deficit.

With money in the reserves, bankruptcy does not appear to be on the immediate horizon. But county workers still don’t have a contract, and costs continue to rise on pension obligations and the new jail, which hasn’t broken ground yet.