Sunday, March 29, 2009

The Morning Call article this morning about the budget

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-5budget.6829789mar29,0,4765679.story

In case you missed it. It suggests that Pawlowski should have been paying attention to the economy and the effect on the budget.

"... actually, anyone who had been paying close attention would have seen it coming." wrote Jarrett Renshaw Of The Morning Call.

in a move familiar to those who have worked with Pawlowski, "The city denied The Morning Call's request, filed under the state's Right to Know law, to review proposed department budgets submitted before September. The city also refused to release correspondence between Hilliard and Pawlowski relating to the budget." reported Renshaw.

This is what Pawlowski calls open government and transparency. It seems that it is fine for him to have access to vendor's business cards, but taxpayers and newspapers cannot see what the City is doing to create its budget.

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