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I'll pose the question again (none / 0) (#1)
by AlfredMoisiu on Tue May 06, 2008 at 05:14:50 AM EST
How do you balance the budget in a place like Albany? You have your thing with Jennings, but the one offs that you're describing are just a few in a long line that have been going on for decades in Albany and even in the state government. Whalen sold anything that wasn't nailed down.

The only things that you've suggested, DIA are things like shutting down the golf course. Valuable suggestions, but the financial equivilant of taking a piss in a swimming pool.

70+% of the city budget is public safety. (ie cops, firemen) So if you want to balance the budget, you basically need to lay off 50 cops and 30 firemen. Good luck doing that without triggering Detriot-style white flight.

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