County’s financial situation ugly

DOUBLING THE MILLAGE RATE ON THE TABLE

The “county millage rate” in Baldwin County would double, and it’d become one of the highest in Georgia history.

Interim County Manager Paul Van Haute painted an extremely bleak picture of Baldwin County’s financial situation during Tuesday’s regular county commission meeting. The situation is so bleak that Van Haute suggested borrowing money from a lender and putting up the courthouse as collatera…