[NativeNewYorker]

"But you will have to make a choice," he said, "Between spending $1 million on a program or $10 million on a new jail. It's true. And that's how I hope to convince people."

Perfect rhetoric.

You can either piss away $1 million or you can spend more [you *can't* spend $10 million in Ithaca] and make the streets safe.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

It's also a perfect example of how liberals get it backwards. The basic functions of a government include law enforcement. They do not include wealth redistribution.