Ford announced his fiscal plan saying he will generate a $1.67 billion surplus without cutting services.
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This is classic Ford:
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This is classic Ford:
So he has announced a lot of numbers but he has no idea how to do it, and no idea what they mean?The biggest spending reduction for next year is Ford’s “reduce the cost of government plan” forecast to lop $230 million off the spending column. But Ford and his policy director, Mark Towhey, both acknowledged to reporters outside Ford’s Dixon Rd. campaign office those items have not been fully identified.
“There’s a lot of belt-tightening that could be done,” said Towhey. “The city’s been trying to do a similar belt-tightening program for a couple of years with spotty success.”
He said the city pushed departments for 5 per cent cuts this year and many pushed back, missing the target. “I think the time for pushing back has ended,” Towhey said.
Pressed for one big efficiency for 2011, Ford pointed to his plan to save $67 million in salaries by not replacing half of the 6 per cent of city workers who retire annually. Told that attrition is a different line in the budget, Ford said he has no doubt he will be able to find those savings.