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Vito Sciscioli just laid out the challenge facing us if we want to move the Syracuse community forward. Our cost of government overhead is way out of proportion to the available tax base supporting it. The government structure that we have was built up when Syracuse had a large manufacturing base and twice the population. With the out migration we end up with fewer people to support the municipal operations, yet we have not significantly changed those costs. And though the county population has been relatively stable, the structure still has layer upon layer of towns and villages, duplication of essential services such as Police and Fire and over 1000 taxing authorities. Changing what we are familiar with and have grown up with is difficult. But if we are to have a prosperous, vibrant city in the 21st century, then we need to find a better way. The challenge to leadership organizations like 20/20 and the political leadership is to present a plan of change where the citizens do not feel like they are giving up something, but that they are going to get something better.
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