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What happens when 'broken' City Council confronts $158M deficit? | ENside Politics

What happens when 'broken' City Council confronts $158M deficit? | ENside Politics16 sept36 min

After weeks of sniping at one another both in public and behind the scenes, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones and City Council finally vote on the city's $4.4 billion budget and its first property tax rate hike in more than three decades. The ENside Politics team examines how we got here and what's behind all the fighting.

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