Fort Collins is cutting $2.2 million from the general fund budget.
Take note of this curious quote:
Residents might not notice the cuts, which include money that was tabbed for travel, office supplies and advertising expenses, Freeman said. In some cases, equipment replacement and facility renovations have been put on hold.
"We tried to make cuts that would have minimal impact on residents and service levels," he said.
Quick question: If residents (i.e. taxpayers) might not notice the cuts, why weren't they made long ago?
Isn't this a tacit admission that the government still has a lot of cutting still to do?
During the campaign, Mayor Hutchinson talked about the 13 page "stop doing" list that he implemented during his first years in office, commenting that "in many cases, no one even noticed..."
My comment: If no one noticed that you cut 13 pages of programs, why did you stop at page 13?
