City Hall: Mayor Johnson Signs 2% Sales Tax Into Law
“Unimaginable cuts to the fire department. Unimaginable cuts to the police department, unavoidable cuts to our libraries,” said Johnson in an event held at the Mitchell Street Library, 906 W. Historic Mitchell St.
A June city budget office report says that, without the new funding, the city would need to eliminate 700 of its approximately 1,600 police officers, 250 of its approximately 700 firefighters and 400 general city employees.
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