I've worked for city council, I've been on city council, I've been in the mayor's office for almost four years and we never had to worry about, oh, we're doing our, we're doing our budget. Let's see what the federal government's doing. This is the first time ever where I've crafted a budget in four years as mayor... where we've had to have in the back of our mind what's happening at the federal level. the federal level and how it's affecting our budget. And it's really unfortunate. And I hope we can go back to the days when we used to not used to not have to worry about that. (22:59–23:14)
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Asserts that this is the first time federal budget considerations have significantly impacted local budget planning during his tenure.
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