jersey385 t1_ivc9g0v wrote on November 6, 2022 at 10:15 PM

We need to vote for people that have some real world finance experience and can review an almost $1 billion budget, understand it, ask the right questions and vote yes or no based on facts. Guess what? You are not likely to find too many people, let alone unpaid volunteers, (the fact they are elected is basically moot, they are volunteers) with the experience to do this. The problem is the the board of ed system is kind obsolete and useless for this city. Giving well intentioned volunteers who are completely out of their depth, as most people would be, (that’s not a diss), the power to approve $1 billion in spending just perpetuates the problem.

VanWorst t1_ivchykf wrote on November 6, 2022 at 11:15 PM

One of the things Hamilton is proposing is to hire a budget officer who would be able to do just that.

jersey385 t1_ivddgz3 wrote on November 7, 2022 at 3:18 AM

Honestly a budget officer would be pretty useless. They first need a full forensic audit. I swear I’m not trying to be a hater, but the problems are huge and it would take a year or two, in my opinion, to get a grip on where the money is going. Also, who, if not a “budget officer” is in charge of creating the budget to begin with? Let’s get some transparency into the current process before adding another salary.