Part #2:  ...was more important than funding services.

Then the library "enhancement" levy was pasted, to enhance our already award winning library system.  So, effectively this levy will indirectly fund the city hall.

This brings us to our current situation, which includes earthquake upgrades.  The cost of the upgrades is unknown, and the city councilors are now demanding individual offices.  (It never ends.)

On top of this budget MESS and deception, is the ongoing Urban Renewal District, the one the council promised to "sunset" several years ago.  (BTW - A quarter of a million dollars of the URD is earmarked for a bicycle-share program, the same type of program that is FAILING in Seattle.)  

It seems there must be a toilet within the city government that is in dire need of a thorough flushing.  The new city hall design needs to be agreed upon, settled, and accurately priced.  Then it needs to be funded by a voter approved bond measure, not by depleting the general fund.