http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/04/birmingham-2010-budget-violates-citys-policy/ News, Entertainment & Points of View Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:54:09 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/04/birmingham-2010-budget-violates-citys-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-3542 Birmingham admits budget deficit | Birmingham Weekly Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:39:55 +0000 http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=8138#comment-3542 [...] But those funds never materialized. To the contrary, the city’s books reflected more expenditures, not revenues. When the council’s budget officer ran the numbers again in August, the report showed the 2009 deficit had grown from $26 million to $29 million. [...] [...] But those funds never materialized. To the contrary, the city’s books reflected more expenditures, not revenues. When the council’s budget officer ran the numbers again in August, the report showed the 2009 deficit had grown from $26 million to $29 million. [...]

]]> http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/04/birmingham-2010-budget-violates-citys-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-3363 Victoria Nichols Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:42:08 +0000 http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=8138#comment-3363 And it doesn't help that the Council recently voted to rebate sales taxes and occupational taxes [usually collected from the Birmingham Zoo], up to $180,000 a year for the next ten years, back to the zoo. And it doesn't help that the Council recently voted to rebate sales taxes and occupational taxes [usually collected from the Birmingham Zoo], up to $180,000 a year for the next ten years, back to the zoo.

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