Section One: What happened/will happen?
-Seattle is planning on closing libraries for one week.
-Laying off 30 city workers because of midyear budget shortfall.
-Mayor Nickels plans to cut $13.3 million out of the 2009 general-fund budget and spend $5 million of the city's rainy-day fund to close a budget gap caused by lower-than-expected tax revenue.
Section Two: Why did this happen?
-"Worst economic crisis in decades here in Seattle"
-Midyear budget shortfall of $29.5 million.
Section Three: EXPANSION on ideas.
Section Four: Reaction?
-City Employee's quote on where cuts should be from.
-"Informal picket" outside city hall
-Public hearing announced.
-More budget problems in the future.
No comments:
Post a Comment