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6-13-12: Dueling Budget Plans
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In less than three weeks, Baltimore’s budget for fiscal year 2013 will go into effect. Right now, the Mayor’s proposed budget is before the City Council, which can only cut--not add--spending. A majority of the council’s 15 members need to approve the budget before it goes back to the mayor for approval.
Last week, City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young unveiled his own spending plan for the city, which would make changes in the mayor’s plan. In response, the mayor sent a letter to the City Council, calling his proposal "unadvisable, unworkable, and irresponsible."
Sheilah talks with Council President Jack Young about how he and the Mayor came to be on such different pages.
And, in case you're interested, here's some more information about the process the city budget goes through.
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2013 Baltimore Budget
My organization, Citizens Oversight, has been working hard to force this city council and Mayor to address what all citizens of Baltimore recognize as a massive corruption in the financial process in Baltimore as have other groups. We intend to keep the pressure high until reform occurs and this is driving the friction between elected officials. I encourage WYPR to join in a journalistic look at the Baltimore Board of Estimates and business tax credits!