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Monroe County Legislator Howard Maffucci on understanding the county budget

By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack, Julie Williams
Published December 16, 2024 at 2:47 PM EST
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Howard Maffucci on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, December 16, 2024
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Monroe County has a new budget, and it passed unanimously.

That's becoming the norm in a county that has seen deep political division for many years. But it didn't come without some debate: whether to cut the tax rate, the budget does; how to allocate funds; which new programs to fund.

Legislator Howard Maffucci gives regular community presentations on "how to understand your county budget," and he brings a version of that to Connections.

In studio:

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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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Julie Williams
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.
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