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WESTLUND: Any budget experience?

| August 21, 2026 1:00 AM

Mr. Mayor, after reading your concerns about the budget and your “plan” to rectify it, I found myself curious if you had any experience in this budget management or large scale growth. Especially when one of your main ideas was cutting back on staff. Because when you have a rapidly growing City, it absolutely makes sense to cut jobs from the people who are drastically trying to keep up. 

Because I’m not sure if you remember, but they will be the ones answering the angry phone calls. They will be the ones being yelled at across counters and desks while trying to do their jobs. They don’t have the luxury of hiding behind a keyboard.

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