He cut the number of full-time city workers by 19%, excluding teachers, firefighters, and police officers, while slowing the growth of government spending to below the rate of inflation.
Doesn't look like he grew Government with those facts above. Took me all of one minute to post the details.
Since when do you get to EXCLUDE a group of city workers in the overall count? Geeeez,,,,and then the second part, shows that although the growth of govt spending was slowed, IT STILL GREW!
That took me less than a minute to find two bogus points in your post. Maybe you should read he book "Leadership". I have. His own words leave no doubt of his belief in big government.