The “austerity resolution” Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris is proposing calls for an immediate hiring freeze on all positions except public safety, merging several departments, moving to a four-day workweek, suspending all economic and cultural grants and festivals, and even reducing street lighting hours, among numerous other cutbacks.
The proposal, emailed to City Manager Mike McGlothlin and City Attorney Marcus Duffy on June 8, appears heavily drafted by artificial intelligence, as even Norris acknowledges in his email, so some of the proposals are hallucinatory, as is often the case with unverified AI work, and disconnected from the reality of Palm Coast’s budget or the meaning of the homestead tax cut appearing on the November ballot.
The term “hallucinatory” is not subjective or intended as pejorative snark: it is the term AI itself and AI experts use when describing AI errors. As an IBM definition of the term puts it, “AI hallucination is a phenomenon where, in a large language model (LLM) often a generative AI chatbot or computer vision tool, perceives patterns or objects that are nonexistent or imperceptible to human observers, creating outputs that are nonsensical or altogether inaccurate.”
When AI hallucinations intersect with real-world policy, budgets, human resources and everyday services that ensure quality of life, the results can be jarring–as indeed they are in Norris’s proposal. It is not clear to what extent the Norris as opposed to AI defined the proposal’s content, though in its current form the proposal seems to be largely AI-driven. Norris himself calls it a “shell” to work on.
The seven-section resolution addresses different aspects of city government in turn. “The City shall fund only core services in this order,” Section 1 states: “1) Police 2) Fire/EMS 3) Water/Sewer operations 4) Road safety maintenance 5) Solid waste collection. All other spending is secondary.” Strictly speaking, that makes code enforcement, public works (other than roads), permitting, parks and recreation, legal services, planning, communications, facilities maintenance and even the city administration and the five council members secondary.
Section 2 is the most drastic. It calls for an immediate freeze on all but public safety positions, merging parks and recreation, a department of 24 employees, with public works, a department of 61 employees, and merging finance with procurement. Either Norris or AI appears unaware that finance and procurement are under the same 15-employee department, all reporting to the finance director. The proposal calls for eliminating two directors’ positions.
Section 2 also calls for reducing the workweek to four days and extending daily shifts from eight to 10 hours Monday through Thursday, excluding fire, police, the “water plant, and 24/7 operations.” Also: “Suspend all new festivals, arts grants, economic development travel, and consultant studies until property tax replacement revenue is secured.”
In subsequent sections, the use of streetlights would be reduced either from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. or limited to those hours (the resolution is not clear on that count). Mowing would be reduced. No new vehicles would be bought for two years (fleet managers generally caution against that approach, citing deterioration that ends up costing more to pay for), and the city would “offer HOA park takeover program,” which suggests that homeowner associations would potentially take over public parks (again, an unlikely possibility for numerous reasons, among them liability and the cost of maintenance that homeowners will not assume.)
Section 4 points to Norris’s preamble to Duffy in his email: “as I mentioned AI doesn’t know we have a stormwater fee and there may be a few other things that aren’t applicable to the city,” Norris wrote. The proposal calls for a stormwater fee and a utility fee and “cost-recovery” for garbage collection, all of which exist outside the general fund as self-supported, fee-based “enterprise funds.”
The section also calls for turning all recreation services into fee-based operations except for low-income residents, though most already are. There is to be no new debt. All software as a service licenses are to be cancelled if they are not tied to core services.
If the resolution is approved, McGlothlin is to present an “Austerity Budget” to the council within 45 days listing services and proposed new taxes or fees.
Council members who read the “shell” proposal today reacted with reserve. “I thought we were talking about a general idea of, hey, we need to look at savings (though the premise is that we always are,” Council member Ty Miller said in a text. “Not specific measures like not fixing roads, turning off the street lights, firing people, etc.”
Council member Theresa Pontieri on Tuesday put in her own request for certain data from the administration to prepare for budget discussions in light of the potential revenue reduction. Addressing the Norris resolution today, she said: “I’ve cut property taxes every year in office and have prioritized public safety, infrastructure, and economic development—in that order. I support the continued policy of ensuring government isn’t bloated, while protecting the quality of life our residents expect and deserve. This budget cycle is no different to me.”
Norris’s email had cut and pasted from AI, including AI’s prompts on how to present the proposal to the council, with suggested statements:
“How to use it at the podium:
Lead with Section 1: “Core services first.”
Hit Section 2: “We cut admin before we cut cops.”
Close with Section 7: “No new taxes until we show you the cuts.” (The full email appears below.)Want me to add estimated dollar savings next to each line item using Palm Coast’s current budget numbers? I can pull the last adopted budget and plug real figures in.
Norris proposed the idea verbally to the City Council on Tuesday, without the written material. He did not mention the details. The council agreed to consider it, with at least some pushback from Duffy over the reach of the proposal into the city administration’s lane, and from three council members, who seemed uncomfortable with putting into a resolution parameters that define their budgeting approach anyway. But they were speaking in the abstract, since they had not yet seen the proposal, which Duffy is to craft as a formal resolution and submit to the council later this month.
“It sounds, to use a military term, you’re wanting to put out as a council command guidance for the budget,” Council member Charles Gambaro said.
“We’re going to have to do a troop to task for or staff,” Norris said, also using military terminology.
“I know the city manager’s already put out his initial budget guidance moving forward, but okay,” Gambaro said, “I think we can look at that. I don’t know how that will impact the overall budget process, we all have our priorities and certainly have our concerns and throughout the budget process we’ll lay that out.”
McGlothlin was in the difficult position of balancing a mayoral initiative that, to the city attorney, may have been crossing into the manager’s lane, with a defense of his own process and staff. By then, he had seen the full email. ” I do have full faith in the processes that are here. If not, we would not be in the good financial position that we are,” McGlothlin said, which could be conservatively translated as: let’s not unnecessarily and prematurely make a Titanic of the USS Gerald Ford (Palm Coast’s sister city).
The proposed resolution as Norris submitted it is titled in direct response to “the elimination of property tax revenue.” The Legislature passed HJR 1 on June 2, sending to the November 3 ballot a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the homestead exemption from $50,000 currently to $150,000 on Jan. 1, and to $250,000 the following year. The 10 percent cap on taxable valuation increases on non-homesteaded properties such as businesses, shops, rental properties and agricultural land would fall from 10 percent to 5 percent. The combined effect would sharply reduce property tax revenue for local governments’ general funds.
But it would not affect many other local government funds–a distinction the Norris proposal’s AI version does not always make.
The general fund pays for police, fire, parks and recreation, public works and government administration, among other services. This year, it totals $67.6 million–a fraction of the nearly $700 million city budget. But the overall budget includes autonomous funds such as utilities, garbage and stormwater, all of which operate on the fees they charge customers, and, for stormwater and water and sewer, on loans. About $300 million of the $700 million budget for example, is proceeds from a bond issue to modernize the water and sewer infrastructure. (See a breakdown here.)
Within the general fund, property tax revenue this year accounts for $43.2 million, or 64 percent, of the total. Sales and gas taxes, permitting, state revenue sharing and a few other sources account for the rest. Notably, almost 30 percent of the general fund is in reserves rather than actual appropriated spending. (See a breakdown here.)
The full unedited text of the proposed resolution as Mayor Mike Norris emailed it to the city attorney and the city manager on June 8:
Marcus,
Here’s a shell for the resolution, as I mentioned AI doesn’t know we have a stormwater fee and there may be a few other things that aren’t applicable to the city. Like merging parks and rec with public works. That may or may not be an option, that will be for the CM and staff to determine. This resolution, if adopted will let the residents know that we are taking action.
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PALM COAST, FLORIDA, ADOPTING AN AUSTERITY BUDGET PLAN IN RESPONSE TO THE ELIMINATION OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE
WHEREAS, the State of Florida is expected to eliminate or drastically reduce municipal property tax authority, which funds approximately 60-70% of the City of Palm Coast General Fund; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has a fiduciary duty to maintain core services while eliminating non-essential spending before asking taxpayers for new fees or taxes; and
WHEREAS, “Cut First. Tax Last.” must be the governing principle of this budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Palm Coast, Florida:
Section 1. Core Service Priority
The City shall fund only core services in this order: 1) Police 2) Fire/EMS 3) Water/Sewer operations 4) Road safety maintenance 5) Solid waste collection. All other spending is secondary.
Section 2. Administrative Austerity Measures – Effective FY2027
Hiring Freeze: Immediate freeze on all non-public safety positions. Vacancies filled only if public safety or regulatory compliance requires. Attrition only.
Department Consolidation: Merge Parks & Recreation administration with Public Works. Merge Finance with Procurement. Reduce director-level positions by minimum 2 FTE.
4-Day Administrative Week: City Hall administrative offices closed Fridays, 10-hour shifts Mon-Thu. Excludes police, fire, water plant, and 24/7 operations.
Eliminate Non-Mandated Programs: Suspend all new festivals, arts grants, economic development travel, and consultant studies until property tax replacement revenue is secured.
Section 3. Infrastructure & Operations Austerity
Roads: Adopt “worst-first + preservation” policy. No new road expansions. Shift budget to crack sealing and resurfacing vs full rebuilds.
Streetlights: Reduce residential streetlight hours 11:00pm-5:00am where FDOT safety standards allow. Accelerate LED conversion.
Parks: Reduce mowing frequency. Convert low-use turf to native landscape. Close low-use amenities weekdays. Offer HOA park takeover program.
Fleet: No new non-safety vehicle purchases for 24 months. Extend replacement cycles minimum 2 years. Auction surplus vehicles.
Section 4. User-Fee Shift
Stormwater: Establish dedicated stormwater utility fee to replace lost property tax funding for drainage.
Solid Waste: Move to full cost-recovery pricing. End general fund subsidy of trash service.
Recreation: Charge full cost recovery for programs, rentals, classes. Maintain fee waivers for qualified low-income residents only.
Development: Increase impact fees and permit fees to 100% cost recovery for plan review, inspection, and infrastructure impact.
Section 5. Contracts & Procurement
Contract Audit: City Manager shall renegotiate or competitively bid garbage hauling, landscaping, IT, and insurance contracts within 90 days.
Software Audit: Cancel all SaaS/software licenses not directly tied to core services.
In-source vs Outsource: Public Works Director shall report which services are cheaper in-house vs contracted within 60 days.
Section 6. Debt & Growth
No new general obligation debt or revenue bonds for buildings, expansion, or amenities until existing DRIs are built out and impact fees are collected.
Section 7. Reporting
City Manager shall present a line-item “Austerity Budget” to Council within 45 days showing $ savings per section above, and a separate list of any proposed new taxes/fees with justification.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council will not consider any new taxes, assessments, or fees until Sections 2-5 above are fully implemented and documented.
PASSED this _ day of ____, 2026.
Mayor: ___
City Clerk: ___
How to use it at the podium:
Lead with Section 1: “Core services first.”
Hit Section 2: “We cut admin before we cut cops.”
Close with Section 7: “No new taxes until we show you the cuts.”
Want me to add estimated dollar savings next to each line item using Palm Coast’s current budget numbers? I can pull the last adopted budget and plug real figures in.
Mike Norris
CPT(Ret.), USA
Palm Coast Mayor/City Council
160 Lake Avenue
Palm Coast, FL 32164
Tel: 386-286-9725
www.palmcoast.gov
QBALL says
So a city that can afford to fix its water plants or sewage systems should already be doing most of this. I find it odd every city truck on the road is almost brand new!!!! We waste money on landscaping roadways that dont need it the city waters said land scapes on roadways why let it be grass this fl grass grows great with out all this money wasted….
Skibum says
It’s a good thing you are not in city government, QBALL… or is it screwball? Hmmm, let’s see. purchasing new city trucks to replace ones that have outlived their usefulness is “waste”. Updated water and sewage systems that are needed to accommodate population growth an keep those critical infrastructure working as intended are “waste”. Landscaping along city roadways is “waste”.
As I have said previously, government “waste” can be defined differently by anyone. There are those who would say it is wasteful and unnecessary to have the law enforcement and fire services we have in Palm Coast, but that too doesn’t make it any more truthful than what you said above, or what some people say about property taxes somehow being wasteful and unnecessary.
Be careful what you wish for! And if you don’t want to pay for the services and conveniences we all enjoy here in Palm Coast, there are plenty of extremely rural, off-grid locations where you can move to and live off the land, survival lifestyle. No taxes, but no services. I don’t really believe you would do that though because you enjoy having services like everyone else… you just don’t think you should have to pay for them.
Welcome to adulthood. Pull your head out of your orifice and start thinking like a responsible adult. If the city loses tax revenue because idiots with no common sense decide to vote against their own interests and this statewide issue passes, there will only be so much money coming in that definitely will NOT cover essential services that city and county governments need for the services they currently provide to all of us. Cuts will be made. That will be everyone’s reality. Or they will implement another tax to supplement what they lose.
The bottom line is there are always unintended consequences when voters make bad choices that impact services and quality of life amenities like what we currently have here in Palm Coast. Just wait until the insurance companies that provide homeowner insurance to millions of Florida residents update their rate structures to adjust for having less firefighters and law enforcement, and longer response times for both police and fire to get somewhere because of layoffs. You and I will be paying MORE for homeowner insurance precisely because of idiotic voters making very BAD choices without realizing the consequences.
“Pay me now or pay me later.” There are no free lunches.
Dee says
Skibum…the city doesn’t need new trucks every year..there are mechanics who should be fixing them…very simple
Tina olive says
That’s because the previous Alfin administration decided to spend 3 million+ on brand new city vehicles…..We….the taxpayers have spent alot of money on flowers, bushes and such and it would be absolutely ridiculous not to maintain these amenities…..The water is recycled thats used for watering so who cares if some gets on the roads…….It would be absolutely assassin to not take care of what we….the taxpayers have already purchased….
Jay Tomm says
Vote no in November! It’s going to kill local economies & lead to a state tax….
hm says
Sounds like he doesn’t want to fix anything. He just wants to scare people into voting against the bill.
Joe D says
For “hm”:
By “scaring people,” you mean telling people the TRUTH of what an example ( if somewhat ROUGH and possibly SLIGHTLY exaggerated) of an AUSTERITY BUDGET might look like in REALITY if the local budget has to be adjusted down to fit within the reduced local tax income this referendum will create, then YES….it IS an attempt to frighten voters out of the fantasy mind set that these proposed tax cuts (“free money”) are not going to drastically cut central local services many voters just take for granted now.
Nothing come for free…except possibly the Oxygen we breathe ( at least for THIS GENERATION MAYBE).
Leila says
He doesn’t know HOW to fix anything. He is incompetent.
S. Peters says
This is the most insane nonsense I’ve ever seen here. Flagler County has no jobs as it is. How do these idiots expect people to live here if they can’t work? This AI nonsense is going too far. I’m so sick of this…
Atwp says
This is what the voters got. Republicans Republicans Republicans oh Republicans.
Void after ninety days says
Republicans have nothing to do with it. He is just stupid.
The dude says
OMG…
Are you effing kidding me?
ChatGPT is now running this city?
Deborah Coffey says
No, Republicans are running this city and this state. You get what you vote for!
BS says
and thank God, they are look what the Democrats did for the past four years I think that Biden a walking dead person look what’s happening to California New York the northeast the Democrats screwed it up
Jeff Parker says
Hallucinating is correct Gambaro is still living in his own legendary mushroom trip
Id vote for a monkey for whatever grifters office he’s running for. Where do these clowns come from?
The dude says
The gaps WILL be filled.
Section 4. User-Fee Shift
Stormwater: Establish dedicated stormwater utility fee to replace lost property tax funding for drainage.
Solid Waste: Move to full cost-recovery pricing. End general fund subsidy of trash service.
Recreation: Charge full cost recovery for programs, rentals, classes. Maintain fee waivers for qualified low-income residents only.
Development: Increase impact fees and permit fees to 100% cost recovery for plan review, inspection, and infrastructure impact.
Magic beans… they seem to be the MAGA moron’s weakness… they just can’t resist them.
Villein says
Maybe if our Mayor is suggesting we turn off street lights, close parks, and stop road maintenance he can tell us exactly what he, or AI, expects will happen to property values and quality of life in our fair city? Let that be your next prompt Mayor Norris.
The governors tax elimination agenda opens the door wide for AI data centers to fill the void of homestead taxes, income tax, and increased sales taxes and service fees.
It is about the dumbest thing to come out of Tallahassee, but it will probably be adopted because most voters will not consider the consequences.
Wasted Days says
The City could cut down to 4 days.
There is over a day a week per person wasted in the gas stations on their way to Utility Dr to fuel the truck at least an hour wasted there alone.
Hire 1 guy to work nights and have truck ready for work at 7
Dee says
Exactly..hire one guy to fill up the trucks at night and they are ready to roll in the morning…also fix the trucks..there are mechanics or do they not know how to fix and maintain the vehicles..no need to purchase new city vehicles so often..look up what the supervisor salary for the mechanic shop is..you will be flawed
Dom says
It’s refreshing to see such great journaliststic writing
By this site. Much better than the rag Observer and Flagler news weekly.
Sherry says
The austerity plan laid out is just the tip or the iceberg. . . those service cutbacks are just because the projected property tax income is “lower”. Now imagine what services will be totally cut if property taxes are “eliminated” or even drastically lowered. “THINK” beyond the propaganda being fed to you by de santis. He wants to eliminate local control of your lives and have the “state” mandate what services you receive, or no longer receive.
Sure, cut back on the waste. . . show up at council meetings and participate in the process to make your local government more honest and efficient. But, don’t cut off your nose to spite your face. Vote “NO”!!!
PaulT says
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Mayor Mike Norris a dedicated Trump and DeSantis supporter, a leading light in the local Republican party and and promoter of the MAGA movement in Palm Coast?
Aren’t these the people who promised that the ‘coming of Trump’ would herald a ‘New Golden Age in Americca’. Yet a year and a half into Trum-2 it’s nowhere to be seen, instead we’re in an era of uncertainty: worsening inflation and local unemployment, declining property values and a ‘clever’ property tax scam from Tallahassee which bas prompted MAGA Mike’s stunt of promouning that the City of Palm Coast needs an immediate Radical Austerity Plan because instead of the golden age the sky is falling.
Whoever voted for this bunch of arrogant incompetent losers should be ashamed,.
but a NO on the Homestead Amendment and a vote for anyone who opposes Mike Norris and his ilk might be a small step back back towards sanity..
Just Saying says
Maybe this is a bunch of AI malarkey or maybe it isn’t, but our bloated state, local and federal agencies could do us all a favor and start trimming the fat. Mayor Norris deserves kudos for bringing this to the forefront. After all, someone needs to put on their big boy pants and make some serious decisions on the future of Palm Coast.
Taxpayer says
Something is wrong with this picture. We have a Mayor coming up with this lam idea and a Governor that wants to eliminate property taxes.
Please people do your research when electing people, this is what happens when you don’t.
Capt Bill Hanagan says
Government for the people of the people administered by morons & robots.. truly unbelievable how quickly an elected executive was willing to just hand the whole thing over to chat gpt.. you get to be in the chair b/c people have expressed confidence (and oh how foolish we are) in your ability to call the shots. Why not just eliminate the office entirely and let AI run it??
To more specific points – of course there’s more money for cops. Setting ourselves up well for a future of cops and robots directing each other, in a town and world where the streetlights shut off early.. ‘motion detected in sector 7, neutralizing threat’. But to dial back the impending sci fi, every time I see some minor incident around town there’s 2 or 3 or 4 cops on it. Maybe suggests overstaffing? And I’m often seeing squad cars parked at Outback for lunch. Perhaps giving up my middle class roots here but Outback was always more of a birthday dinner type spot. In my balanced budget plan these guys are packing a sandwich and doing a little pressure washing around town on slow days…
Close second to cops in terms of visible inefficiency is anything touching building/public works. I see crews out re tiling the signs prob 3 times this year. Tells me we either A- have a tile guy on city staff, which is stupid as hell or B- have people who really don’t know much about tile out there practicing on city assets. 90% of this stuff should be subbed out. Recently there was an article about street signs- apparently COPC has a $xx,000 machine to make them but for some reason they don’t like to use it. I’m sure there are a bunch more of these equipment boondoggles rusting in city storage. We have concrete trucks, all kinds of stuff. Subs are incentivized to get a job done and get paid. City workers are incentivized to have an easy day until the pension vests.
& of course we’re cutting arts. Robots don’t understand art & conservatives struggle with it mightily as well. Best we can hope for is a golden Don Colossus Staley
SickofIsrael says
Jeff Brandes is absolutely right that the idea of eliminating property taxes is a hoax to shift control of local government to the state. However, he completely misses the point on why the voters would want this. Sure there are plenty of dumbass Florida citizens who will fall for the rhetoric, but there are plenty who know exactly what will happen and don’t care. The yes voters are tired of being ignored by their elected representatives and their yes vote is seen as punishment to those politicians who have taken them for granted for so long. The yes voters know that our system of government is rigged, that it doesn’t matter who gets elected, the strings are pulled by wealthy, influential donors who work behind the scenes and are not elected by anyone. People run for political office to advance their own agendas and build their wealth, only pretending to care for their constituents to get their votes. Once in office, it is nearly impossible to remove them. That is built into the system. And now the yes voters will have a chance to voice their disgust with the political class by screwing the local politicians even though they are screwing themselves as well. Jeff Brandes, read the room. Don’t tell us that we have no choice but to accept the status quo. Offer at least one suggestion on how to get out of this mess. Otherwise, you are useless.
Brad W says
I am not a fan of Norris, but I do applaud the effort of being forward thinking – although maybe too forward as the balot measure if passed will not effect the 2027 budget they are working on now – and at least attempting to use new tools available.
This is a great example of poor use of Ai though and where education is needed. Front and foremost, the person is always accountable for the work. Any output should be reviewed and revised as needed. The second part is that effective prompting matters. Things like existing fees and enterprise funds should have been included. Basically it is the same as giving the work to a human assistant to draft. If you give poor instructions then you get a poor output. And that work is yours and not the assistant’s.
Ray W. says
I don’t remember how long ago it was, but I once spotted in a magazine article or a newspaper story a historical photograph of a “closed-no money” note affixed to a locked front door of a Florida city hall, perhaps Key West’s city hall, at least in my memory, after the city had run out of revenue; it was taken either during the Depression or during the collapse of the 1920’s-era Florida land rush.
Banana Nut Bread says
Republicans simply cannot govern. They fail miserably everywhere, at every level of our government. Is it any surprise that a Republican would seek the counsel of any one or thing that isn’t a Democrat?
A Republican federal government cut taxes for the wealthy, while also adding costs for the military, border patrol, and just about all other “public safety” departments. Same for our local Republican run government. New operations building costing 10 times more than what was already available. More cops. More cars. More tanks. Literal tanks! RVs. They deploy campers to crime scenes now! Cool crisp AC and all you can drink mocha I suppose. More trips to Saudi Arabia for “training”.
The military and police consume the largest portion of our American society. America loves a good gun. Fear fear fear is what Republicans want you to feel. Despite the clear evidence and data that shows violent crime being down dramatically over the past couple of decades, we still add more and more money to the military (and cops) industrial complex. It is no accident this Deplorable (er, Republican) specifically, unambiguously, asked the AI to exclude “cuts to the cops”. The real truth need not be exposed, via AI or otherwise.
Look, cut taxes for the wealthy? Okay lets do this. Cut my taxes too! I don’t give a rat’s behind how the Republican government has to deal with it short term. Cut my property taxes. Then, we’ll see you all at the polls in the coming years. We’ll raise back the taxes on the wealthy. We’ll cut the funding to the military and cops. We’ll ONCE AGAIN balance the budget and reduce the national debt.
Republicans. Can. Not. Govern.
Dee says
No let’s go with the Democrats…open borders..free cell phones..free medical..free .free.free.
Let them all into our country.. the stupidity just amazes me
Skibum says
Apparently the lies from too much listening to all that BS on fauxinfotainment nuze has wormed its way into your brain, Dee. NO on open borders, but YES on way overdue immigration reform. Is that so unreasonable? Free cell phones? Where did that even come from? You really need to turn off that crap and maybe even google “critical thinking skills” to see what can be done to help you see what is real instead of fake. What is true instead of lies. What is ethical instead of grift. What is good for society and our citizens instead of what is good for one orange faced old man.
I wish you good luck with your recovery, should you actually WANT to get better.
Dee says
Reply to Skibum…I’m doing well..actually more than well..thank you…and because of all the BS I listen to..my portfolio is actually doing extremely well..lol
Sarah says
If all Norris is going do is plug the problem into ChatGPT, why not lay off the mayor & save the salary? Problem solved.
The goal should be to vote NO in November; not support one ridiculously bad idea with a bunch of other bad ideas.
The dude says
On the other hand… given the stupidity of this council, the ones preceding it, and the rubes, morons, and dullards who reliably vote for these people…
Maybe ChatGPT running Palm Coast is a step up.
Ed says
If all the proposed cuts are possible and will save taxpayer dollars then why are they not in place no matter which way this vote goes ?
Why are we continuing to spend in areas where cuts are possible?
Void after ninety days says
This guy so called Mayor don’t know jack. Talks like a guy with massive amount of experience but in reality he’s just is a bully. He gets off attacking people by threatening layoffs and deep cuts.
He can’t read a financial statement and can’t lead or ask the questions to the City Manager.
Hey Mike why don’t you file a lawsuit to stop the state from putting it on the ballot!
Nah, you can’t do anything because you just don’t know how.
Im going to vote you out because you are an embarrassment to this City.