President Bush's proposed budget for next year would eliminate the grants.

"When the budget eliminated the position, there were a lot of changes going on in the health care profession as a whole," he said.

The budget also eliminates 23 jobs within the County Executive's office itself.

The president's budget would also eliminate a block grant that provides $131 million for preventive health services.

The budget already eliminates street cleaning and other programs.

In last fall's campaign, the Republicans admitted unnecessary patronage and said their final budget eliminated what they found.

Or that his budget would eliminate child care for almost half a million children and cut after-school programs?

The governor's budget would eliminate a tax break for property owners who pay at least $500 a year, raising about $12 million.

The administration's budget would cut or eliminate financing to more than 30 other waste-water treatment projects, they said.

But the budget eliminates virtually all money for the planning of new projects.