http://independentreview.net/news/around-meeker-county/state-s-cut-public-defender-budget-leaves-county-pick-tab-3473 Comments for "State’s cut in public defender budget leaves county to pick up tab" en http://independentreview.net/news/around-meeker-county/state-s-cut-public-defender-budget-leaves-county-pick-tab-3473 <p>A decision to stop Minnesota public defenders from representing parents in child custody cases has left Minnesota counties holding the bill.</p> <p>“Nobody is happy about it,” Meeker County Administrator Paul Virnig said. “I don’t think it’s an issue so much with public defender’s office as with the state as a whole.”</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://independentreview.net/news/around-meeker-county/state-s-cut-public-defender-budget-leaves-county-pick-tab-3473">read more</a></p> http://independentreview.net/news/around-meeker-county/state-s-cut-public-defender-budget-leaves-county-pick-tab-3473#comments Around Meeker County Courts State Politics Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:18:29 -0500 Kristin Holtz 3473 at http://independentreview.net