Letter: Common sense lost at Government Center

Posted Apr. 24, 2014

Attending City Council meetings or watching the same on local cable TV has been a habit of mine for many years, and that gives me a chance to know exactly what is going on in our city and be able to discuss important issues. Tuesday’s meeting was not an exception, with the major difference that the administration said it cut projected budget gap from $16 million to $3 million. Wonderful. Fantastic. Marvelous, right? Wrong.

The steps taken to balance the budget should have taken place many years ago. Let me explain. Instead of waiting for the last minute to fully fund the Fire Department and relying on grants, why was the administration not more active instead of reactive? The laziness of the administration should be pointed out. Or was it the lack of competency? One way or the other, lack of responsibility was obvious.

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