The truth is the Commission does not need a taxing district to make funding decisions about mental health. On their own, they can dedicate a portion of the millage to mental health. On their own, they can increase the millage, and on their own they can create a mechanism to administrate mental health.

However, it requires fortitude to make a decision to do that, or not to do that, and it requires a plan one way or the other. It requires work and it requires upending the current system, upon which many local non-profits depend.