PC vs. CP

Whatever Way You Slice It...It Isn't Politically Correct To Allow Council Pork.

Where to begin? Front page of PT today explains that the City Council is planning on cutting $22 milion from the proposed City Budget so that the huge deficit doesn't continue to drain. So where does the Council propose to cut? From its own budget first you say? No way.

The City Council pork (herein after referred to as "CP") remains at @$4.3 million for travel, staff, cars, salaries for themselves and the Mayor.

What then is on the chopping block? Oh, just the usual "let's scare the voters into thinking we need to raise taxes" cuts. Like library hours, youth programs, the Municipal Band, school crossing guards, the DARE program...

Meanwhile the Chief of Police states that the City needs between 37 and 309 more police. (That's quite a spread and makes for a puzzling request.)

Bottom line. There's a lot of carnitas in this budget (that's pork for those of us who haven't yet enjoyed the pleasures of my favorite 5th District restaurant..Baja Sonora) and it starts at the top with the City Council and Mayor. Let cut their budgets to the bone before they start cutting services and programs that you and I and other tax payers already paid to have.

More on how to be CP ("Cutting Pork" later.) Meanwhile, please check out my 9 Steps to Bringing Accountability and Reform to City Hall in an earlier post.