How do all these council-members think we'll believe them that this is only for this year, when they do this every single year, and there's no particular reason it couldn't happen this year? This is Huang's first year, and this would've been a perfect time to "change".

They could literally have said, at any time in the last few months since our new Manager got the job, "Hey, I'd like this money to go towards rent relief instead of tax relief, could you present an alternative that has that when you draft your proposal?" And then, they could vote no on this one knowing there's an alternative.