Surpluses, ARPA money, and budgeting. How we deal with programmed dollars is extremely important. It was good to air out how current monies have been distributed under the current Mayor, and how current dollars from Federal and State entities are programmed, however, while administering within the current sandbox that we are dealt, I was able to get into my thoughts on how tax dollars should be utilized when Mayor, and how I will advocate as a Mayor to change how funding comes back to city from the state, focusing on city services and the infrastructure which surrounds residents and private entities, and not just funneling our taxes in to the private sector.
