March 8, 2010 Commissioner Anderson’s letter in support of Carolyn Cooper demonstrates the need for real leadership at City Hall. Mr. Anderson’s letter simply accepts that the city will be forced to reduce spending, and thus service levels in order to balance future budgets without raising taxes. It is precisely this forced reduction in service levels that puts our quality of life and residential property values at risk. Mr. Anderson’s “plan” by default is to reduce spending until some undefined events magically occur that increase property values and economic activity, in the hope this will increase revenues needed to maintain…
Commentary by Pete Weldon
