Financial reports can be a mind-numbing maze of mathematical madness. Citizen budget analyst John Marshall Lee makes it his business to ask questions about what
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Ganim Announces Labor-Management Collaboration
Many local labor leaders cried “say it ain’t so, Joe” when he challenged incumbent Bill Finch in a Democratic primary last September. Now some of
Read moreSorting Through Legal Garbage
The city’s grand list of taxable property will be completed and officially signed in one week. The largest unknown is how much taxable revenue will
Read moreChallenging Your Property Assessment
Are you satisfied with your property assessment? If not, March 20 is the deadline to file an appeal with the Board of Assessment Appeals to challenge
Read moreStandard & Poor’s Issues Stable Outlook For City
Standard & Poor’s, one of three major credit rating agencies, on Thursday issued a report on city finances declaring “The stable outlook reflects Standard &
Read moreCity Credit Rating Outlook Revised To ‘Negative From Stable’–Not A Downgrade
As the city tries to close a $20 million budget deficit for the year ending June 30, one of the three major credit rating agencies,
Read moreGanim No Political Pariah
For all the hand-wringing that took place during the campaign and after Joe Ganim’s comeback election from outside the city, high profile pols are not
Read more‘Moving Money Around Without Authority’
Citizen budget examiner John Marshall Lee, in his regular address to the City Council, wonders how taxpayer money ends up here and there in secrecy.
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