Posted on 09/11/2001 12:52:17 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
When Andrew Brimmer's control board first began poring over the city's financial books in 1995, its members were warned to believe half of what they saw and none of what they heard. The Brimmer board took heed. When Alice Rivlin's control board stepped in in 1999, she and her colleagues heard the same warning. Unfortunately, the Rivlin board bent over backwards to believe elected officials. Now, at a critical juncture, it is necessary to sound warning bells because the city seems to be up to its old overspending tricks again.
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