WHY BOTHER? Frustrated county officials will hold...

WHY BOTHER? Frustrated county officials will hold public budget hearings today even though no one knows how much state money will come to the county this year. . . . Even with the state budget logjam in Sacramento, they say a tentative idea of the county’s fiscal picture is better than nothing. “It’s like a family trying to map out their household budget for the next year without even knowing their income,” complains Supervisor Roger R. Stanton.