Phil Hardberger Quotations
Phil Hardberger Quotes about:
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City Quotes
This year's general-fund revenue, paid for by property-tax revenues, fines, fees and City Public Service income is $728 million. Last year was $620 million, which is (about) a 17 percent increase over last year. Phil's not doing anything different than what the rest of them (former mayors) do. That money comes from taxpayers' pockets.
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Industrial Quotes
sophisticated things that the industry really needs, and that we don't have. We're not an industrial town, we haven't done much of that sort of thing. We don't have enough people that know how to do those things, and consequently we are losing jobs and subsequently we're losing business.
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Answer Quotes
He's making noise about the budget because it's big, ... If you equate the words 'big' and 'wasteful,' then he's right. But big doesn't mean wasteful, necessarily. The questions I would ask is, Do you have enough money coming in to meet the needs of the budget you're drawing up? The answer to that is, Clearly yes, we do. As long as we can meet legitimate needs, keep soundly in the black, and not raise taxes, that's what we need to do.