Cavalier Johnson: “The 2027 city budget will again exceed $2 billion.”

“State law says we must increase the number of police and fire firefighters, which is something that, you know, I've wanted to do since I, you know, became the mayor. But now it's state law that requires an increase there. The 2027 city budget will again exceed $2 billion. So it's a lot of money. It's a lot of. It's a lot of money that we're talking about. And we've got to match expenditures with revenue.” (19:17–19:23)

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