Disclaimer: The comments in this blog are my personal opinion and may or may not reflect an adopted position of the city of Glendale and its city council.
This morning the city council had a budget workshop meeting. It began with an update on the CoronaVirus situation. Let me say this. I want Glendale to declare a state of emergency and close bars, restaurants, etc. NOW. The Mayor, the City Manager and a majority of council are reluctant to do so. I believe it is necessary.
Mayor Kate Gallego did so today and I commend her and applaud her. It was not an easy decision to make. Glendale should be doing the same. The City of Flagstaff has already done so. I am convinced other cities will follow Phoenix and Flagstaff and every day that Glendale and other cities delay, is a day wasted in the enforcement of social distancing.
At the beginning at the budget portion of our workshop I asked council to consider freezing the Capital Improvement Program. We can allot a line item within the budget to preserve our capability to resume the CIP when financial conditions warrant it. We should also be freezing spending on all but essential items. Again, no support. I went through the national recession and I fear a repeat. At the very least I do not expect to see a rebound in the national economy until the fall. Those that do not study history are doomed to repeat it.
© Joyce Clark, 2020
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WE applaud your letters and we old folks have seen it in the past, everyone needs to brace themselves, because it is happenning now and can only get worse if people don’t heed the warning.
So keep up the good work you have been doing
Joyce, we totally agree with all you said. The city should “hunker down” for a while and restrict spending until the economy improves. And you are so right about history…
Joyce, Mesa also declared a state of emergency. Thank you for trying to do what’s right on finances, protecting our citizens, etc. I am extremely disappointed in the lack of leadership by the Mayor. He should have been on channel 11 last week talking about the water situation. Instead people hoarding water and just today after council workshop did anything go out about water. That’s inexcusable. City management and staff have trained years for this, there is no excuse how this has been handled. It all seems very disjointed.
Said it before and I’ll say it again. No matter how hard you try and ps. I agree with you on this one, #youcantfixstupid
Below is a link to an 8 minute video that supports your position on this Joyce. It explains how logarithmic curves work and what can happen if the COVID-19 virus is not controlled. I highly recommend watching it
https://youtu.be/Kas0tIxDvrg
CJ, thank you.
Here’s another posting that simplifies the math. Written by Jason Warner, former Starbucks and Google employee, now CEO of a successful software company that provides SaaS based data, analytics, and dashboards to recruiting departments at companies.
It’s an eye opener.
https://medium.com/@Jason_Scott_Warner/the-sober-math-everyone-must-understand-about-the-pandemic-2b0145881993
Joyce, I just saw a story on the news where truckers are having trouble finding a meal because truck stop restaurants are closing.
So I’m wondering if the people with all the food trucks around the valley can’t start showing up at places like these?
Or how about a neighborhood where lots of seniors live to bring food to those who might be unable or afraid to go out to get food. Just announce that a bunch of food trucks will be at (location) on (date & time) for the residents of that neighborhood.
Maybe it’s already being done, I don’t know. I think it would be helpful but as I’m not connected to social media, I don’t know how to spread the word.
Thoughts, anyone?