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Michael Johnston: “We built proactively a plan for this year to already save an…”

Featuring: Michael Johnston, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Denver | Colorado

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Mayor Michael Johnston Discusses Denver's Budget Deficit and Strategic Investments

Published | Video Starts at 05:33

If he reverses on a trade war, will it come back again? And then each month we track again, seeing what the projections are and seeing if there's enough room for recovery. We built proactively, We built proactively a plan for this year to already save an additional 50 million. So if it weren't for our advanced savings, that gap would be 100 million this year. It wasn't until the economy hit full collapse five months into the year that we realized we had to make changes. (05:33–05:37)

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