Read what they, and the Mayor had to say in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. WHO do you think the Mayor means by "WE"? If the PEOPLE get laid off, how much money do you think they'll spend at Trinity Uptown?
City officials have predicted that they'll have to come up with a combination of $77 million in spending cuts and tax increases to balance next year's budget, possibly requiring up to 260 layoffs -- mostly of general employees. Also, officials have discussed outsourcing entire departments, such as equipment services or information technology.
Lundvall and other leaders have been meeting with council members and the city financial staff to push for spending cuts that would preserve jobs, like cutting back on the Trinity River Vision project, tax abatements, take-home vehicles and arts funding.
However, he added, "I'm not going to sit here and promise you what will or won't happen with retirement and pensions. But every one of y'all know we have dug ourselves a mighty deep hole."
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