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It sure would be great if the mayor could apply the same kind of urgency to the city audit as he did to announcing the (illegal) plan to withdraw pension contributions to balance the school budget, the (rejected) fire contract offer, and the (empty) promise to maintain school sports.

Instead, it seems that as long as he has someone else to blame (in this case, "vacations" taken by the auditing firm staff), Solomon will continue to preside over this kind of self-inflicted financial damage.

From what we've seen from him so far in the mayor's office, it will very likely take a bond rating downgrade (typically caused by things like huge tax increases, annual deficits, and late audits -- sound familiar?) for Solomon and the city council to wake up.

Even then, I don't have much faith in a group that has consistently looked for scapegoats instead of acknowledging their own roles in the current situation.

And in case anyone thinks that tax increases can be avoided, this kind of mismanagement only has two possible resolutions: Either the city raises taxes to solve its problems, or the state intervenes and does it for them.