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Branson's 2009 Budget ready for public unveiling

If the budget process is any indication, the "system breakdown" relating to Branson's financial caution light, as explained by City Administrator Dean Kruithof at a meeting on Sep. 7, appears to be well along the way to repair. ...
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Branson's bond rating good but there are concerns

...Capital Improvement Committee received information about the city's bond rating, bonding capacity, debt obligations, and other information that could impact on the city's ability to finance needed capital improvement projects now and in the future. The city's bond consultants told the committee the city's bond rating was "good for a city of this size." ...
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We have met Branson's "Bailout Package" and it is us!

...as was the case at the federal level, the budget situation in Branson was created by the decisions that its elected and unelected leaders made. What's particularly sad in the local case is that the decisions were intentionally made whereas as at the federal level they, more often than not, were made by omission or failure to act. ...
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Chamber Chatter - Hollister Boo Bash - Great Pumpkin Drop

Featuring Hollister Boos Bash and Faith Luteran's Great Pumpkin Drop and historic pictures at the Branson History Museum. ...
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2009 year of deficit spending and declining Fund Balances

Even with Branson's "caution light" on and city revenues estimated to be going down about 4 percent in 2009, the city's operating expenses are budgeted to go up about 4 percent from last year. The budget presented to the Budget and Finance Committee at its Oct. 15 meeting for 2009 showed Budgeted Revenues of $15,440,350 and Budgeted Expenditures of ...
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"The Pride of Branson" wins Ozark Mountain Marching Festival

Even as the band completed their last marching maneuver and exited the field as the last notes they played faded away over the darkening Ozark hills, those watching knew they had just seen something special. The rest was up to the judges. ...
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