County executives. Committee chairs. Budget managers. Elected officials. In their own way, each faces some tough financial decisions for their community.

Across the Baltimore metropolitan area, local governments have engaged in a round of heavy belt-tightening and started trimming the fat out of their budgets for fiscal 2009 in anticipation of an economic downturn and reduced state aid.

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