Duh! Right! I'm guessing you are totally correct. On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Robbie Webber <[email protected]>wrote:
> After reading both articles on line, I'm going to take a guess. No > guarantee this is correct. > > The Channel 3000 report says, > >> Departments requested more than $231 million compared to the $196.5 >> million the mayor will propose. >> Major streets will see the biggest hit -- almost $15 million less than >> what was requested. >> Bike and pedestrian projects will also be cut back, at nearly $6 million. > > I'm going to guess that what they mean by that is that the Mayor's budget > contains $6 million less for bicycle and pedestrian projects and programs > than what was proposed by the departments. > > Now, we both know that many departments over-ask, and none gets what they > really want, even in good years. The amount that departments ask for is a > nonsense number to use in a report like this, but it wouldn't be the first > time a media report was misleading. > > The Madison.com article reports the levels that were in the Mayor's > budget compared to the approved 2011 budget, a much more meaningful > comparison. > > Does that make sense? > > Robbie Webber > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Brenda Konkel <[email protected]>wrote: > >> can anyone explain the difference between the channel three report of a >> $6M cut and this article? This one says there is an increase from $4.1M to >> 4.4M. Sorry, don't have to time chase all the details, thought someone on >> this list might explain. >> >> >> http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_19d8fc59-cae9-5b35-b0b1-b6971ee880a6.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> >> >
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