Fairfax County Parks and Libraries Face Deepest Cuts

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) -- Fairfax County parks and libraries appear to face the deepest budget cuts among that county's agencies for next year.

Officials will soon begin the process of slashing programs and jobs for next year to make up for a projected multimillion-dollar shortfall.

The Washington Post reported Sunday that Fairfax County Executive Anthony Griffin asked the Park Authority and the public library system to propose 15 percent reductions for fiscal 2011. That comes atop cuts of 15 percent or more this fiscal year.

Griffin is crafting a budget that eliminates a projected $315.6 million shortfall. But Fairfax park and library officials say their budgets jointly represent about 2.2 percent of the $3.3 billion county budget and have been targeted unfairly.