Amid a budget crunch after hundreds of federal jobs were eliminated in Covington, causing a massive loss in payroll tax, we sat down with Mayor Ron Washington to see where his priorities lie for the city’s spending.
Our content partner LINK nky originally reported that the budget took a hit with the late-June revelation that the city’s second-largest employer, the Internal Revenue Service, had cut ties with 750 employees. The job cuts axed the city’s payroll taxes by $1.5 million.
Before he addressed the impact on the city, Washington acknowledged the IRS workers who no longer worked inside the Gateway Center…