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Scall, I was always surprised on how much the firefighters fought Mr. Cushman. He was the one in the council chamber hammering on the fact that there is a huge problem. The fire union president sent a letter to his company trying to get him fired and threatening a national boycott of CVS. He should feel vindicated and if the mayor had any courage he would have started to deal with this 10 years ago. It is the responsibility of city leaderships job to figure out the answer. Problem is, they can't raise taxes much than they already are. So cuts are necessary. That means a reduction in services at the same time your raising taxes. That is how you confront a problem. It is also how you wake up the electorate before we end up in bankruptcy. Of course the mayor and city council would be wiped from office. And in the end that is why nothing has been done. The people that have actually realized there is a problem don't blame Mr. Cushman for pointing it out.