from the Jersey City Independent, Council Report, 2/26/2010 -
Good-government activist and 2009 mayoral candidate Dan Levin reminded the council that Mayor Healy told JCI during his reelection campaign that a tax increase “[wasn't] in the cards,” promising he would “do everything possible to keep taxes stable.” Levin returned to a theme he hammered on during the 2009 election and before: a structured approach to budgeting with an emphasis on long-term planning. He asked the council to consider “immediate rigorous cost-cutting initiatives that do not reduce services to the Jersey City public and do not have long-term negative financial repercussions” and called for a “five-year financial master plan” with an independent budget commission to oversee the planning process.
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