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ContactsOrange Budget Calls for 18.6% Increase In Taxes!
Budget hearings have finished, crammed into three nights 1/3 of the way through the new fiscal year. The Administration Department and Public Works budget proposal presentations started at 11:45 pm on November 6th, the last scheduled hearing, and after Citizen Budget Advisory Committee members and many Council persons had left for the night.
Making the presentations for these Departments was Business Administrator Jewel Thompson-Chin. She was unavailable for questioning by CBAC members throughout the following week because of meetings and other scheduling conflicts.
Like last year, money continues to be spent before the City Council and Citizen Budget Advisory Committee has a chance to examine proposed expenditures and recommend budget cuts.
Citizens Budget Advisory Committee Report:Proposed tax hike outrages Orange!
Business Administrator, Denies Orange
Budget Gap!Hackett Legacy: Council increases police captains from 4 to 5
Feb 17th City Council vote cost taxpayers $214,000!
Introduced Budget Similarities to abuses reported in 1998 CSI Report
Democracy is not easy; it is not a spectator sport. Please join us in this effort for ourselves, our neighbors and the future of our city. We are all responsible for insuring that our “public servants” (whether elected, appointed, or hired) act ethically, exercise fiscal responsibility, operate in a politically transparent manner, and work in the best interest of all citizens.