(Community Matters) I’ve just received a telephone call from Council member Martinez about the posting below. Mike wanted to clarify that he never suggested rescinding economic development contracts. According to Mike, he was asked if he would make a call to firefighters and police unions asking if they’d forgo their pay raises as part of rescuing the city budget and answered that he would. And, he says he noted that he’d look at other opportunities to renegotiate contracts without identifying any specific contracts, specifically not even referring to those from economic development. I appreciate Mike’s call and clarification.
I have heard nothing from Lee Leffingwell’s campaign refuting his support for exempting police and firefighters (already highest paid in the state) from pay raises in order to avoid further cuts to human services, libraries and parks, nor refuting his support for renegotiating economic development contracts.
Community Matters 