People need to step up to the plate and put in the extra hours and get the work done. There will be some areas in the budget that once had 30 employees that will now only have 20, and that's the reality. We'll provide them with the tools to be more productive.

The cost of doing business is skyrocketing.

This gap is not going to go away. It's going to be a recurring issue.

$11 million doesn't come out of thin air. Over the next few weeks we'll make some determinations about what we can afford.

What they are after is attention. They want to cause conflict. They want to cause division. They want people to react to them. The mayor believes the best way to react is to turn our backs on them.