Quote of the week

Bingo...

"Budget increases in the last several years have forced us into a tight budget exacerbated by the current economic problems. The concerns I have about supporting this budget is that it has grown out of past budgets that I've opposed for these reasons."

Common Council Minority Leader Tom Saadi on "the last honest man's" 2009 budget proposal

Saadi is 100 percent correct...unfortunately, a resident would have to recall the past spedning habits of this mayor to understand what the Minority Leader is talking about...and without a source of media that will really report on City Hall activities, residents are left misinformed when it comes to how this city has spedning their taxpayer dollars.

As I stated several times this month, I'll be in a better positon to give my take on this year's budget later this week...but trust me, this budget isn't the fiscal responsible proposal that the mayor's supporters are cheerleading about.