Politics Up Close: Salt Lake City Mayor Becker

Nov 21, 2008 by Jeff Robinson

(KCPW News) The economic crisis has hit every local government hard, and Salt Lake City is no exception. With sales tax and property tax revenues coming in about $4 million short, the city has to cut 5 percent from this year's budget to make it through, and no department was spared the red pen, from planning to police. But will the city have to cut the budget even further come March or April? And how will next year's budget picture look? Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker talks to KCPW's Jeff Robinson.

 

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