Mayor's Budget Address

Hello friends,

I am working on a more comprehensive report on the 2006-2007 Annual Municipal Operating Budget that I'll publish early next week.

My initial reaction after listening to the Mayor's budget address and reading the budget over for the first time, is that while the direction the Administration is heading in is a vast improvement from some past budgets, the Legislative Council still has a lot of work to do to ensure that our residents are not hit with such a massive tax increase in one single budget year.

Every effort needs to be made to reduce the budget recommendation of a 9% increase in spending, while at the same time saving as many of our Town's quality services as possible.

I look forward to interacting with you and getting your ideas on the budget and other areas of the Town government. Please e-mail at anytime - councilmancurtleng@sbcglobal.net

More to come !

Curt