City of Ann Arbor Lays Off Firemen, Buys $850,000 Piece of 'Art'

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Just think that is just city hall :-) Just think how crazy the federal government is :-)

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Originally Posted by MIKEETC

Appears from the article that the city may have committed themselves to a contract that they can't break.

Maybe.
I've also noticed a lot of this kind of thing with public budgets. When past councils create mandates that a certain percent of a budget must be spent on "x" and nothing else it really does tie the hands of future leadership to use monies appropriately. I guess it was started to be a safeguard AGAINST poor leadership, but since people don't have crystal balls they can't know that in 20 years there won't be a need for "x" and that the money can't be spent where it's needed without special elections and 2/3 majority votes or whatever. It's nuts.
I have a rule that I will NEVER vote for anything that requires a certain amount of a budget be reserved for a specific purpose, and I'm outspoken when city/state leaders try to pass laws doing that too, because I've seen too many problems happen that way.

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Originally Posted by Quick Enough

There are 11 members of the Ann Arbor City Council. 10 are identified as Democrats. the 10th is not identified as to which party he belongs with.( I can guess)

well there's a shocker for ya.