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Councilman Washington urges attention to veterans’ needs, cites county statistics and VA figures
Summary
A council member summarized local veterans statistics and urged quicker processing of veterans’ benefit claims, saying Sumter County has a high veterans-per-capita rate and local veterans face delays in receiving services.
Councilman Washington used the meeting’s reports section to summarize veterans’ statistics for Sumter County and to urge the council and staff to improve access and processing of veterans’ benefits and services.
Washington said Sumter County historically has a large veteran population and cited figures stating there were about 16,271 veterans in the county in 2003 and that the county’s annual veteran-related economic impact was about $1.4 billion. He said Sumter County has the…
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