Commissioner Robinson returns from D.C.

Earlier this month I attended a Leadership Strategic Planning Fly-In in Washington DC September 10 through 12.. The meeting was a gathering of all the National Association of Counties (NACo) leadership to discuss the strategic vision and priorities of NACo. The afternoon of the twelfth the group went to the Capitol to discuss issues that pertained to their committees.

Ron Walter from Chelan County Washington, Deborah Cox, NACo legislative director and Robinson had several meetings that afternoon and the next morning. The main topic of our discussion was Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) and S...