Pre-Budget Rumblings

Word on the street has it that the Dems will be proposing around 4 million in cuts from the budget with Reps proposing an additional 1.8 million in cuts. It’s unclear if the 4 and 1.8 overlap at all and what services are involved.

That translates into a tax increase around 4.5 percent or down around 2-3 percent if the Republican cuts are non-overlapping and are adopted.

I have heard vacuum leaf pickup could be on the block… though I don’t know why. It’s an appreciated service, that could be streamlined a bit but is certainly not expensive as a whole.

I did some rough math on the service and it seems pretty efficient compared to private alternatives.
http://www.brainflation.com/2009/11/21/my-leaves-are-gone/

We’ll see tonight. One thing is going to be certain. Nobody is going to address the runaway cost drivers. I have not received a reply to my letter to our legislative delegation, the delegation has not interacted with the Council and the Council has expressed no interest in reforming runaway mandates on employee and education costs.