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Councilman Rizzo wants Mayor to Reconsider Service Cuts

Councilman Frank Rizzo has sent Mayor Nutter a letter, essentially asking the mayor to make sure he has cut all the fat from the budget before he make cuts to the Fire Department or shuts down pools. Rizzo argues that even departments that the city can't touch -- like the Department of Human Services -- should be reviewed for efficiencies.

You can read the letter

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Rizzo also writes that a five-year shortfall of $1 billion in a city with a $4 billion annual budget amounts to 5 percent in cuts across the board. But Nutter, in

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, noted that more than half the city's budget costs are locked in and can't be touched. So the non-fixed costs must take a bigger hit than 5 percent.