Dealing

We're still here at the budget hearing (now back from dinner break), where they are now hearing the Economic Development budget. The thing that's most interesting is the amount of circulating around the room that is happening. There are quite a number of side conversations going on between and among councilors. I've heard that several have suggested cuts for later on, when they vote on the entire budget.
Just to review, the City Council votes on each section of the budget whilst meeting as finance committee (which is what they have been doing for the past few weeks), and then convenes as Council to vote on the entire budget. They can reconsider any part of the budget when they do that.
There are also are a number of nurses in the audience tonight, which implies something happening with them. In fact, right now there's a huddle of councilors in the hallway (Eddy, Toomey, Petty, and Rushton) with a nurse.