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Why this budget isn’t all roses….Coun. Mark Bentz with John Ongaro –

You can read and read and read through pages of information, but sometimes the biggest things slip by.

As a fan of Budget season, i thought i did my homework – but i missed something pretty important.
The infrastructure gap. That’s difference between the money we spend on infrastructure and how much we should be spending.

We’re spending a lot of money on shiny new things, and not nearly enough taking care of the aging things we have. How much?
There’s a 30 million dollar difference. Million. With an “m”. Councillor Bentz pointed out the seriousness of the gap last night at council, and broke it down for us this morning on the show.
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