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Cushman has presented the perfect storm...1.) Thoughtful people have seen and reacted. They have left or are leaving.

2.) Tax rates on the commercial side have already taken there toll...Don't take my word for it, open your own eyes...Look at the empty store fronts and buildings for sale or lease. 3.) As Bob has shown, pension and healthcare costs are not fixed in the truest sense of the word they are growing exponentially . 4.) High cost of living drives people out, as they leave a residential housing surplus turns to a glut. Prices are forced down which eventually means less revenue because the assessed value will fall in relation to comps...We, like most of this State are in a financial mess...

I have no easy solution. Politicians are want to put a bandage on a financial shotgun wound. I see no leaders only people who want to get re-elected by making promises they can't keep. That is how we got here. In outlying years, Chapter 9 becomes a real possibility. I started hearing this right after the credit union debacle from some brilliant finance and business people what we were in store for if things did not change. It is 28 years later and not much has changed. Thank you Mr. Cushman for trying to raise awareness...None are so blind as those who refuse to see.