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But as the city grapples with a public safety shortage, one council member said the funds should have gone toward the police department.
Joshua Freeman
Councilman Joshua Freeman said the theater is a very deserving organization, but it doesn't make sense to give it $25,000 in funding that could have gone toward public safety initiatives.
Freeman compared it to "going to the movies in the dead of winter instead of paying the heat bill." He was the lone "no" vote on the grant.
Freeman also designated the $2,777 in his youth and senior activities account to the patrol unit at the police department.
"We do need to look at the big picture if our police department is our No. 1 priority," he said at a committee meeting Wednesday. with the city population decreasing why do we need 9 city councilmen costing288000 a year |
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