(Robin Cravey is Burnt Orange Report's endorsed candidate in Place 4. - promoted by Karl-Thomas Musselman)
I got a chance to visit again with Betty Dunkerley over the weekend. I was out canvassing in South Austin, and stopped by the house of my friend Suzie Harriman. Betty was there, and we took a few minutes to catch up on city hall events and talk about the upcoming budget.
As I've said many times, I learned the budget process from Betty when she was city finance director and I was a city council aide. We got to be pretty good friends then, and that has endured.
Naturally, Betty has been a leader on budget issues on the council, and many folks will be sorry to see her go for that reason (among others!). But I can assure you, I intend to devote a lot of attention to the budget if I'm elected.
I've been pleased to see the council hold a series of work sessions on the budget. I've been calling for reinstituting the council worksessions as a way to make the council's work more open to the public. With the hectic pace of the campaign, I haven't been able to attend any of the worksessions, but I'm eager to get into the budget process and start working with the other members of the council to set spending priorities for the coming year.
(crossposted to www.robincravey.com) |
