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Michael Johnston: “When you have 5, 7, 8% growth every year, it's easy to think…”

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

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Denver Mayor Michael Johnston Addresses City's Financial Challenges and Strategic Plans

Published | Video Starts at 37:39

We'll try to do those together. And we know there were good reasons to invest in a lot of the growth we've seen over the last 10 or 12 years. When you have 5, 7, 8% growth every year, it's easy to think that you keep growing. But I think what we found is if you look at a lot of these years, there were 17, 18, 19 already those years were running deficits, but the result … (37:39–37:44)

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Asserts that Denver experienced annual growth rates of 5-8% in past years.

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