Merced County’s economic woes hit hard in 2009

Posted by MercedSun-Star.com: Local | Filed under Latest Merced News

Merced County was pummeled in 2009 with a continued decline in home values, massive cuts in state spending and the dubious on-and-off distinction as foreclosure capital of the country.

County leader Dee Tatum announced his retirement at the dawn of '09, and a new county CEO was announced just before the final pages of the calendar flipped to a new decade. Before Tatum's final day, though, he was caught in a political ballyhoo or two that made this year's list of the most important county stories of 2009.

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