70, scattered clouds, windy

30% chance of thunderstorms after 9 PM........went grocery shopping.....going to fix chicken livers, biscuits and gravy, lima beans for today.....also have some cut up chicken to oven bbq, and some pork chops....rice and veggies for sides during the week, etc.....stayed within budget OK.....forgot to buy more peanut butter, but that's no biggie.....plenty of that corned beef left for lunch meat, got more swiss cheese.....going for the park walk in a few minutes I suppose.....reading the local paper, the school districts around here are losing pupils, and the population of Clinton has gone down too, from 2000 to 2010 census......unemployment in 2000 in Clinton was only 3.4%, now it is 11.4%.....the Mill was still running in 2000......Greater Greenville real estate values went up 5.4% year to year, which includes Laurens County......48% of the Clinton City budget goes to bulk electricity purchase and sewer-wastewater fees, and is thus beyond the control of the city government....both of those expenses are going up in the coming year...they are going to cut five public safety positions, fire five cops in other words.....well, two or three of those positions were vacant already I guess......