'Rosy' budget? It read like a depressing budget for residents. If I found out my employer started at 500K for employee bonuses and then it got squeezed down to 262K, or $500/employee, I would flip a lid. Part time workers get...a free soda!

I am curious what the starting salary is (on average) for the 39 vacant positions in the city. If my assumptions are correct, they are asking people to work for a city, in which they cannot afford to live. Reminds me of all the 'Help Wanted' signs on Castro Street, hundreds of job opportunities in Mountain View!

While interesting that our reporter stated that City revenues are projected to rise 10.8% to $118.7mm, nowhere in the article did the total budget amount and the % it is rising appear. Since this article is ostensibly about the budget spending, not City revenues, wouldn't that make sense? This would allow us to see what sort of surplus is planned to be put away for a rainy day by our enlightened and forward-looking City Council members.

Thank you Councilman John McAlister for again showing your support for local students who's families have particularly "real" economic needs. I will be supporting your run for reelection with significant $$$s and time this election cycle.
SN is a resident of MV for almost 29 years

Sweet Jesus. The trash service here is so damn awful.

In Irvine, they collected your trash. Even the weird shaped boxes that didn't fit right. Every single week. Super nice people; I was happy to pay my bill.

Here, they constantly throw things on the sidewalk. You only get service every other week AND the goddamn recycle bins are so tiny, weird shaped boxes don't fit. So these worthless cucks just throw the cardboard on the sidewalk. They can go to hell.

Now a lot of my recycling goes in the regular trash. I don't have to wait until next week, and I don't have to pick it up off my sidewalk. I wish the city would open up bids to another trash service. I'd pay more for that.

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