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Councilman Briden, I have to agree with you, so many still unemployed and without health insurance struggling to stay in their own homes.

Some of our schools are without textbooks, residents have to raise money for school sports because the city claims there is no money for this. Yet the city manager states the city has a surplus, is this surplus money giving raises, instead of giving our children text books and school sports? How can anyone in be thinking about giving raises on the backs of the taxpayers. How much will our property taxes rise to cover this?

I do hope that you are not the only person sitting on the council that can see this should not happen. I certainly would like to hear from the other council people on how they feel about this?

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