[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by Kavvy

Lets pretend our City Hall is as efficient as it gets.

Our City has no debt, and has $375 mill sitting in a "Rainy Day Fund". It would take $45 mill to keep this year's tax burden the same as last year.

People are hurting bad, cutting services may hurt those who need it most. Raising the tax burden hurts everyone.

Why are we not using this fund now? We are way past rainy, the thundershowers are on us.

Nenshi do your job and advocate the use of this fund! Plan for this downturn to take 7 years and spend it dry by the end of those 7 years if you need too. People are hurting.

If we can't use our contingency money in times like these, why is it there?

lol.