Mayor Beutler and the City Council have found themselves in an unpopular position as they decide whether or not to cut services to seniors in the form of removing 22% of the Lincoln Area Agency on Aging's budget. Mayor Beutler has to make cuts somewhere to keep his no new taxes (this year) pledge, and new taxes aren't going anywhere in the Council. There isn't much wiggle room.
I won't haggle over whether or not cuts to LAAA are a good thing. Plenty of people are fighting about that elsewhere. I want to know if there are alternatives in the community that can (relatively) seamlessly replace the services proposed to be cut. What options are out there? Are they able and willing to step in where the government is backing out?
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It sounds like they need to find something that 18-55 year-old white men benefit from, and cut that.
Close pools? No! What are our children going to do for fun?
Close schools? No! Our children will be dumb!
Decrease funding for old people? No! Our old people are going to die!
Decrease funding for the Women’s Commission? No! It will set equality back 100 years!
I guess they’re talking about cutting fire fighter and police officer positions, which are most likely white males aged 18-55. But the argument against those cuts is essentially that reducing fire fighters and police officers will lead to the harm of everyone that isn’t a 18-55 year-old white male.
Seriously though, every time I read one of these LJS doom-and-gloom articles, I like Mayor Beutler a little bit more. He’s quickly living up to what he said he would be during his campaign.
I held back this comment all day:
MAAAAAATLOOOOOOOOOOOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!
hate to poison decent debate.
I bet he could fix everything 😉
Macguyver could fix it, if he had some chewing gum, dental floss, and duct tape.
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