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It's truly insane to me that the mayor thought starting a glorified GoFundMe for struggling SLC residents was a good idea. You're the mayor! You're in charge of the money! If you have no authority or power to reallocate some of the city's tax dollars, then what's the point?
Here's an idea:
The proposed police budget was $85 million.
City Council cut that by $5.3 million—except they didn't, really.
$2.5 million went to a social worker program (that's overseen by the police department).
$322,000 is "possibly" for de-escalation training. Possibly.
The proposed police budget was $85 million.
City Council cut that by $5.3 million—except they didn't, really.
$2.5 million went to a social worker program (that's overseen by the police department).
$322,000 is "possibly" for de-escalation training. Possibly.
$2.8 million is in a "holding account" that is literally just there in case the police department needs more money.
Oh, there was also an *additional* $687,000 for bodycams and tasers (which are usually produced by the same company and not suspicious at all).
Oh, there was also an *additional* $687,000 for bodycams and tasers (which are usually produced by the same company and not suspicious at all).
The goal for #RaiseUpSLC is to get $1 million from residents who are already struggling in a pandemic when there's almost $3 million (that we know about!) sitting in an account to be given to a police department that will just use it to shoot dogs or exploit a terrified woman.
I know no one reads threads, but holy shit this is so fucking stupid.
