Balancing the Burden: Yes on N, O & Q

by Paul Hogarth via Beyond Chron

Fri, Oct 31, 2008 7:09AM

Friday, October 31, 2008 : These are tough times. Everywhere families are looking over their finances, trying to cut back and cut corners so they can get by. But at some point there’s only so much you can eliminate before you start getting into essentials like food, medications, heat. Then you have to look at other options to bring in more money—perhaps an odd job here, a garage sale there, maybe try to get a raise at work.

The city of San Francisco is at that point. For the last few years we have been facing deficits, not taking in enough money to pay for the services residents expect and deserve. Each year, the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors perform a ritual bloodletting, trying to cut that increasingly elusive fat and inevitably scrapping deeper into bone. It’s time for some creative ways to find more money.

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