Prioritize the budget! I read with interest city council pro tem Kevin Faulconer’s guest article in the Jan. 29 edition (“Public bond sale means savings, improvements,” Village News, page 6). First of all, I suggest that the city council and mayor prioritize the entire budget, line for line, starting with what they believe are the most important services to the least. Let’s see if that matches what the taxpayers believe are the spending priorities. Given the budget cuts suggested so far, I doubt that the San Diego city government’s priorities are in sync with the taxpayers. Secondly, Councilman Faulconer suggests we contact his office to “share your ideas.” I’ve done this twice recently \u2026 to which I’ve received no response. How can there be any dialogue when the councilman doesn\u2019t even respond? How about letting the city taxpayers participate in setting the spending priorities? Then I believe the spending will be matched to revenues received, just as all taxpayers have to do with their personal finances. Tom Frichtel, La Jolla State can afford IOU\u2019s but not refunds? I wonder how much money it costs to send out IOUs in lieu of tax refunds? I\u2019ll bet it\u2019s quite a lot. Inasmuch as most people are abreast of the news that the state is out of money and that our tax refunds will be delayed, why waste money that it doesn\u2019t have on IOUs? We already know about the delay. Send no unnecessary IOUs. Save the cost. Spend the savings on better things. Like the tax refunds for example, for starters. Please. Ben Harness, Point Loma<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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