Complex thing the Mayoralty is, there always will be stuff that
people both like and dislike.
In the budget process, there is a limit to funds available. What
can the city do, plant money trees? They actually do that with such as the
convention center, farmers market and prospectively stadiums and etc., those
concessions actually supply most of the city revenues.
In the City, -like with the State- they have to make the
expenditures fit into the revenue amounts though. In shortfall years like
this, there has to be spending cuts. It isn't the Mayor's -or the new
Governor's fault. That just is the job they are in.
In budget process, there always will be a mix of likes and
dislikes, -depending on who is -or isn't- getting rained on with city money-
same as with political organizational things, -supporting -or opposing-
whatever candidates.
It is still early in RT's incumbency, I think from the start he
has had good press and good popularity, and with time that will
strengthen -and not because of a 'political machine' he controls, but
because of really working with the city and it's people.
James Jacobsen // Whittier
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