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Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Commission's first public hearing on the budget and millage rate last week was a nonevent, attracting only one citizen. Paul Henry, who can rightly be called a staple at commission meetings, steadfastly as he attends them. Which left in the audience Sheriff Mac McNeill, this reporter and Property Appraiser Angela Gray. A far cry from past years when citizens regularly attended such See TAXES page 3 affairs in significant numbers a