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City budget relatively painless this year

Original post made on Jun 9, 2011

If the city's unions can agree this week to trim compensation hikes next year by $500,000 it appears that the city will enjoy a bit of a break from major budget troubles, thanks in part to new lease money from Google.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, June 10, 2011, 12:00 AM

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Posted by Old grump
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Jun 9, 2011 at 1:35 pm

Give the new City Manager a 20% raise and give the rank and file pay cuts to meet the budget.... more class separation from our leaders.
Way to go M.V.


Posted by Observer
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jun 10, 2011 at 6:54 am

The city should lay off more blue collar employees and start using the Day Worker Center for cheap labor with no benefits. The city supports it, so the city should use it. Budget problem solved. Or is the city better than everyone else? Or our some workers just better than others?


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