[coloradan]

and the city government faces cutbacks in police and firefighters.

Always cut muscle, never cut fat. Are those employees really the first item on the city budget to cut?

[KarlInOhio]

Always cut muscle, never cut fat. Are those employees really the first item on the city budget to cut?

You can't get people to raise taxes by cutting the assistant director of public art. It's like schools wanting a tax increase always threaten to cut football and buses instead of assistant superintendents.