Thurber’s Thoughts Relevant Post

Maggie Thurber at Thurber Thoughts has a very relevant post about city spending. Actually, she has many posts regarding spending. Be sure to read this post about OUR limited dollars funding the ever-expanding City government.

In short, why hasn’t the government rescaled the number of employees? The City’s purpose is not to collect tax dollars to provide a massive number of City jobs. How many people need to hold positions in the economic development department? How many assistants does the Mayor REALLY need on the 22nd Floor? Why aren’t our elected officials determining what is a priority such as Police, Fire and Trash Services and scrapping other things that should be funded by the private sector. In ugly and uncertain economic times, why isn’t the City government shrinking? Our paychecks and population is. It is imperative the City follow suit.