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Well being an outsider and not having access to all the data the mayor does it would be hard to come up with a detailed plan. Her plan is to get in and assess the situation and try to make improvements. We all know the easy fix for any financial trouble is to increase the tax rate, which is what Scott had done repeatedly. He hasn't made many tough decisions other than trying to get the schools to close schools. The school committee has it's own issues but their financial track record is much better than on the city side. The sewer authority has to go, they're spending like a drunken sailor and not remediating the largest problem areas polluting the bay. 401k needs to be implemented for city workers asap, not in two years. At least make a cutoff for new hires and anyone with less than say 5 yrs of service in. Otherwise the city workers will be in real trouble when we can meet our financial promises which are not sustainable and never were. It was years of past neglect that got us here and we need immediate changes to get out of it if it's not already too late. We're in a downward spiral.