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Fiscal restraint
While it’s true no two people will ever agree 100% of the time, you can rest assured I have and will continue to go over our city’s expenditures with a sharpened pencil, and a discerning eye. There’s a difference between need and want, and while we are more or less an affluent community, capable of affording wants, there is a limit to what any government should spend taxpayer resources on. And to be clear, every city dollar is a taxpayer dollar, regardless of whether it’s a tax dollar or a fee, or even a fine. And while it is true there are legal restrictions on where and how some of these resources are spent, it is nonetheless that sharpened pencil and discerning eye that helped to get us below the No New Revenue Rate for FY 2022, and just barely above the No New Revenue Rate for FY 2023. And while we could not get there for FY 2024, there are other ways to bring Allen homeowners much needed relief. But that doesn’t mean I’ve given up on NNR, or even reducing the rate below NNR.