Letter of the Day: Bad news budget

After hiring about 100 new employees in the last two years, city council has hired 61 new employees for 2019. So, just what tasks were not done in 2018 that require 61 new employees to get those tasks done in 2019?
Rather than bleeding people into poverty with more taxes, it’s time to make drastic cuts everywhere and anywhere. When compounded over the last 12 years, property taxes have increased almost 60 per cent.
Instead of giving blind, unquestioned obedience to city management, it&rsqu