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After promising many times to reduce the mayoral budget during his campaign, Mayor Ken Sim proposes $180k increase to mayor's office while cutting Fire Dept. budget by $1 million (twitter.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ah yes nothing more predictable than a conservative politician promising to "trim the fat"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's just occurred to me that "I'll trim the fat" or such metaphors may mean "I can't speak about details because I don't know enough about what I'm talking about, so vague language it is"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

That's crazy because I've been looking for someone to vote for who doesn't understand the issues and just appeals directly to my Id with vague promises of reducing my social accountability while fulfilling my "democratic responsibility to make my voice heard."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the chuckle!