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By Dave Toplikar (contact) 
Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 | 12:30 p.m.
Oscar Goodman
Sun Coverage
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What should Las Vegas' city government be doing in these tough economic times? And what options should the city take in January to cut the city's budget by $25 million for this fiscal year?
To find out, the city council has set up a project called "Your City, Your Way," creating a Web site, talking to focus groups and scheduling several town hall meetings to get public input.
The Web site with the questionnaire is at www.lasvegasnevada.gov/yourcity.
The public can also follow the program via Twitter at CityofLasVegas for alerts or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityOfLasVegas.
Mayor Oscar Goodman said the city is using a phone survey conducted by UNLV to help in finding out what the public would like to see city government do.
The results, which were presented to the city council this week, indicated the public wants the city to try to create jobs, Goodman said.
"Basically, that's the direction we were heading, viscerally, without much empirical data. But now the empirical data would support that we're in the right direction," Goodman said.
"We talk about building a new city hall, building a new arena and building an entertainment complex is going to keep it up as far as creating jobs in the downtown," he said. "I think we're on the right track."
As part of the project, UNLV sociologists are conducting focus groups in five parts of the city to help determine where budget cuts should be made.
The third part of the project involves town hall meetings in January and February in each of the city's wards to explain the budget cutting options to the public. Goodman plans to be at all of the meetings, along with the City Council member from that particular ward.
I would start with 5% to 10% salary cuts across the board.
http://transparentnevada.com/salaries/20...
http://transparentnevada.com/salaries/20...
This the best solution to show the tax paying citizens of Las Vegas and Clark County that you are willing to make a sacrifice.
Thank you.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO START DEMANDING FOR THEM TO END THE WARS- THEN WE WILL THINK ABOUT BUDGET CUTS!!! AS LONG AS THEY KEEP THROWING OUR TAX REVENUE INTO THE BLACK PIT OF WAR-THEY CAN FORGET TAKING ANYTHING FROM US!PENTAGON BUDGET $700 BILLION +, EDUCATION BUDGET $68 BILLION.DOESN'T ANYONE NOTICE THAT NONE OF OUR "LEADERS" HAVE EVEN MENTIONED ENDING THE WARS AS A WAY TO SAVE MONEY?IT'S THE ONLY WAY!!!
CITIZENS SHOULD NOT BE TAKING ANY CUTS. MANY OF US HAVE LOST OUR HOMES, OUR JOBS-YET WAR CONTINUES.THEY ARE TAKING AWAY FROM THE POOR & DISABLED, THE MIDDLE CLASS & ELDERLY SO THEY CAN CONTINUE PAYING FOR WARS!EVERYTIME THEY SEND MORE TROOPS, MORE PRIVATE CONTRACTORS ARE SENT. WHY DON'T THEY EVER MENTION THAT NUMBER?WHY ARE BILLIONS AVAILABLE FOR MORE PSYCHO DRONES-BUT THEY SUCK EVERY DAMN DOLLAR FROM US? IF THEY WON'T DEMAND AN END TO THE WARS -THEY DO NOT HAVE OUR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART. CHECK OUT www.maplight.org.The levels of corruption & collusion are astonishing.It seems congress votes unanimously when each member is paid an average of $150,000 + for each "yes" vote.DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT-See for yourself.
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