伊曼纽尔的某些预算计划在政治上相当大胆。芝加哥将成为全美将警察与消防服务融合为一个联合公安总部的第一个大城市。某些多余的机构也面临解散。如此可节省8200万美元。此外,预算计划还会对如何应对恐怖主义、炸弹威胁以及纵火问题作出合理的说明。
The budget still has to be approved by the city council, but the scale of Chicagos debt giveslittle room for manoeuvre. Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation, an independentwatchdog, explains that the city can no longer kick the can down the road as the can is now a55-gallon drum. He says the new budget is a positive development, though the mayor hasnot yet tackled a looming pensions crisis. The three main ratings agencies have also reactedfavourably.
该预算计划还须得到市议会的同意,但即使通过,在芝加哥负债累累的情况下,其能够施展的空间也是微乎其微。公民联合会主席劳伦斯?米赛尔解释说,星星之火业已燎原,芝加哥再不能对这个问题视而不见了。他表示,纵使市长尚未着手处理正在逼近的养老金危机,但新一轮的预算计划仍是件好事。三大主要评级机构对此也作出了积极的反应。
Although the agony has been spread thin, the most painful new proposal is a large hike inwater rates. The need, however, could not be plainer. Despite the citys towering skyscrapersand ultra-modern Millennium Park, underground the story is grimmer. Chicago has 900 miles ofancient water pipes that need replacing and 750 miles of sewers that need improving. And fourof its water-pumping stations still run on steam power.
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