“We all know that we're up in the rarified air as far as price. But I think people realize now that we're not making this up. It's a real budget, not a shell game. The community has said it wants a 50-year building, not a 27-year building. Well, if you really want it, here's the price tag.”
“We're paying now for the sins of the past. The mill rate was kept low, even reduced, but the [fund to replace equipment] was stripped and the pension account wasn't funded. Either we swallow the bitter pill now, or take the radical surgery in a few years.”
