Water rate increase discussion moves to the Chron
THE MOVE TO INCREASE WATER RATES* that blogger Ubu Roi has been warning about for some time has finally spilled onto the pages of the Chronicle. Here is the ominous warning from our mayor:
“Council members are going to have to make some hard choices,” Parker said. “This is a problem that's been out there for a very long time.”
Too bad effectively dealing with that longstanding problem (and the crime lab, pension underfunding, HPD understaffing, etc) wasn't a priority of the mayor who purported to "run the city like a business" (although a better description might have been, "run the city like a big statewide campaign prop, while punting hard decisions and problems to future administrations").
It is no secret that we have been highly critical of Clarence Bradford over the years. But we'll give the councilmember (!) points for this sensible (if slightly ineloquent) defense of fiscal conservatism:
“Our economy is now sagging terribly down,” Councilman C.O. Bradford said. He added that he opposed any increases in taxes, fees or rates, “particularly when we haven't had a healthy, productive broad discussion about reducing spending. ... We must start with reducing spending and looking at core services.”
* As Cory Crow properly notes, you can regard it as a tax increase.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 02/03/10 09:34 AM | Print |
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