Okay, so at-large Democratic City Council candidate Bill Green is not likely to lose the November election, but he is staking out his territory with position papers leading up to Nov. 6. Yesterday Green put out a treatise on "Zero-Based Budgeting," which challenges City government's practice of basing budgets on the previous year's spending plan. Green wants all departments to start from zero each year (or as often as possible) and justify every single program and expense. That is going to make some bureaucrats very unhappy. Can it work. We'll look into it.
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At first blush, I like it. I might be able to look at the budget and determine myself where waste is and be able to hold my elected officials more accountable.
I really don't care if the bureacrats are unhappy. Someone else more qualified can be hired.
Posted by Mark Chalupa | October 10, 2007 7:40 AM
Posted on October 10, 2007 07:40