Editorial hits Council democrats for wasteful spending.
In a bizarre procedural move, Cincinnati City Council passed its 2009 budget in December, and then later passed a second budget adding $917,000 in surprise spending without any public input or debate. Councilmember Bortz criticized liberal Council members for the wasteful, backdoor spending maneuver in this Enquirer guest editorial.
According to Bortz, “[t]he added spending was, in part, for more money for council and mayor staff; a neighborhood garden program; a raise for city workers; and new staff to advocate for cutting meat consumption, cold-water washing and air-drying of dishes - all paid for by increasing parking fines in our business districts and tapping the city's emergency reserves.”
The Enquirer later hammered the wasteful office spending here.
It's good to see Bortz coming around to be a good steward with tax dollars. Too bad he is the leading advocate for a downtown streetcar and supports increasing property taxes by allowing them to "rise naturally" with inflation.
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