Two reasons why this happens. 1. they over extend themselves and 2. they have about 6-8 banks doing business with them and you want to bet that each bank has a different set of financials. With all the projects these financials change daily.
Haven't heard any business leaving have you? If I was you I'd worry about the sorry state of the GF economy. The airport boardings is a good measure of how things are going with GF, the only place seeing a decline (8%) in ND.
I don't agree with you at all. So you're telling me there's not 2% waste in every department within the county. The county can't keep raising taxes 10% or more every year. The department heads need to prioritize.
All the entities rely on increasing property values for their increases. No need to increase the mill rate for more money. Would the world come to an end if the county would reduce their budget 2% for 5 years?