[mmercier]

Whenever an entity that relies on a tax payer revenue stream must cut its budget, logic dictates that cuts be implemented in a manner that directly effects the broadest possible number of taxpayers.

They will lay off the fire department and watch your house burn down before firing a gay guidance counselor.

It is tried and true strategy. Works every time.

[mmercier]

I should add that in dangerous cities loaded with recently released savages due to budgetary constraints... with firearm provisions preventing the average person from obtaining the physical means to defend self...

They lay off the Police first.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Whenever an entity that relies on a tax payer revenue stream must cut its budget, logic dictates that cuts be implemented in a manner that directly effects the broadest possible number of taxpayers.

It's called the Washington Monument Syndrome