Letter: City government’s costs, spending have run amok

CORVALLIS GAZETTE-TIMES/OPINION, 12/22/2010, Letter submitted by Eldon Carr - City government’s costs, spending have run amok.

Jean Nelson comments: Thanks to the Corvallis Gazette-Times for printing Mr. Carr's excellent letter to the editor. Most people don't realize how government operates... take last year's budget and ask for increases above last year's spending, rather than deciding what can be cut to make allowances for what's necessary for the coming year. The public must insist that our city and state policy makers stop deceiving the public in order to grow government.