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Ald. John Mar, chair of the city’s Community and Protective Services Committee, says Parks was shortchanged because the fire department needed more money.
“This is the direct result of council reducing the budget for parks — we are hearing a lot now from citizens about the state of our parks, and we don’t disagree,” said Mar.
“We robbed parks to pay for fire.”
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Maybe I'm missing something but I don't see anything wrong with that. If money is tight, raking leaves is low priority compared to putting out fires.