New Schenectady budget analyst quits as process enters crunch time Thursday, June 18, 2009 By Kathleen Moore (Contact) Gazette Reporter
SCHENECTADY — Just when the city needs its budget analyst the most, he’s leaving for another job. The city’s new analyst, hired this year to help Finance Commissioner Ismat Alam manage an extraordinarily difficult 2010 budget, has resigned, effective Friday. Mike Caccese gave his two weeks’ notice just after the department heads began their annual budget meetings. Alam is now rushing to get through all of the meetings before he leaves. She still has three left. “The big ones,” she said with a sigh. “Police, fire and the special funds — golf, sewer, water.” She expects to finish all but fire this week...............>>>>...............>>>>..............http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/jun/18/0618_analyst/
Is a budget analyst really really needed? Does this mean that ALL of our elected officials, collectively, don't have a half a brain to balance a budget? I mean we are talking about little old schenectady. It's just a city not the federal budget!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Is a budget analyst really really needed? Does this mean that ALL of our elected officials, collectively, don't have a half a brain to balance a budget? I mean we are talking about little old schenectady. It's just a city not the federal budget!
Not "just a city" - but the smallest municipality, in the smallest county, in New York.