AdvertisementMartinez makes the case that the County's general fund is whole, and we can facilitate his self-interest, which he bets is your interest as well. After nearly two decades building the County's general fund, I can tell you that the general fund is never flush. The initial idea was to use the Transient Room Tax (TRT) mitigation money to fund the Arches shuttle program. And so, it often falls on the general fund to put up "skin in the game" for what few opportunities exist. No one runs for office because they are passionate about stormwater mitigation.