Mayor Eric Johnson Votes Against City Budget
DALLAS — The City Council gave final approval to the FY 2023-24 City Budget during Wednesday's City Council meeting. Mayor Eric Johnson has released the following statement about his decision to vote against the Budget.
“In an environment of such economic uncertainty for our residents and businesses, with inflation and interest rates being where they are, I simply could not vote for a budget that is the largest in the history of the city and that is paid for by raising taxes on our residents and businesses.” said Johnson.
“It is simply not the case that we could not have significantly reduced the size of this budget and cut taxes without drastically cutting essential services. Furthermore, it is preposterous to suggest that our city government could not, by being more efficient, deliver essential services next year using the same amount of tax revenue collected from Dallas residents and businesses just a year ago.” Johnson added.
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