Our View: State should invest locally

With the upcoming legislative session in Cheyenne, a lot of eyes will be looking upon the Legislative Stabilization Reserve Account, the state’s rainy day fund, as a solution to a lot of problems.

However, while the legislature might be tempted to pull money from that account for use in Cheyenne or the University of Wyoming, we believe some of that money would be better spent as an investment into local governments.

Those of us living in Sweetwater County are very familiar with the term “rainy day.” Our elected leaders have used it for years to describe what’s going on in the county. During th...