Your city manager was very clear Nov,Dec 2010 thru April 2011 at the town meetingsheld in local schools:"If you want Schools,Policee and Fire saved in the budget process we will have to cut other services. If other services are cut to save schools,police and fire;your routine services will be cut, or severly slowed. " Such services include but are not limited to: Mosquito control,mowing,STREET PAVING,entomology(mosquito control0 drainiage maintenance and the list goes on. Citizens overwhelmingly voted to cut in favor of Police,fire,and schools. Close this blog and remember citizens wanted this...by the way mechanics make the city services world go round,the hero cops and fire can not serve you if the vehicles don't start. Furthermore if the roads are not maintained or vcleared from Ice,flood etc they still can not get to you. Close this blog and deal with what the citizens voted for.