• huginnEnglish
    75·
    9 hours ago

    When the two sides did reach an agreement in November, that money was moved over to the fire department’s pot, according to Mr. Blumenfield’s office, meaning this year’s fire budget is actually $53 million more than last year.

    Weird way to cut a budget

    • 5too@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      8 hours ago

      How long was it before the budget got reallocated? And how much had this been going on before?

      It sounds like a big part of the issue is that they haven’t been able to do mitigation - controlled burns, etc. If the budget has been slashed for a long time, suddenly dumping some cash in later is going to have a limited effect.