4-1 VOTE AGAINST FIXING CITY STREETS ABOVE CURRENT D+ LEVEL

Unrebutted public hearing testimony by all eight public hearing witnesses -- Susan Rathbone, B.J. Kalaidi, Bernard Duross, Deltra Long, Dan Holliday, Jay Jubert, Denise Hammond and me (that would be Ed Slavin) supported increasing spending on City streets. Undeterred, the Gang of Four outvoted Mayor Nancy Shaver, voting to rubberstamp the budget prepared by City Manager JOHN PATRICK REGAN, P.E., which will do nothing to improve the quality of city streets, currently rated by the City as a D+. (more later).