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They may talk about job security, balanced budgets and an abundance of municipal services.
Last Month, after days of public hearings, the City Council approved a $264 million city budget that included no layoffs for municipal workers, few significant cuts in services and a moderate increase in taxes and surcharges.
But all the news from municipal economists isn't dismal. Budget analysts, politicians and administration officials all agree that for the moment, and in all likelihood for the foreseeable future, Cambridge will be among the most fiscally healthy municipalities in the state.
However, according to O'Neill, the only action available to municipal politicians and officials who want to block the consolidation is to lobby state lawmakers, who control the purse strings of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs. "All we can do is put pressure," he said.
Officials in some of the most fiscally desperate cities have proposed municipal lotteries, hoping that gambling revenues will fill the gap in funding for public schools and police protection.