COUN Cuthbertson fails to mention a few key points in his comments on Labour's budget amendments last year (Letters, January 24).
Several of the posts we sought to delete were new management jobs, dreamt up by the Lib Dem administration - at a cost of £170,000. We thought these extra management positions were an unnecessary expense, and - at the time of our amendment - no one had been appointed to these posts, so this would not have meant job losses.
He also fails to remind readers that, had one of Labour's amendments been carried, there would have been no need for the evening parking charges that have caused such a furore in York during the last year.
Coun Cuthbertson suggests his party is proud to stand by its budget decisions. If only that were true.
Instead, the Lib Dems have sought to blame everyone but themselves for the tough financial situation the council now faces.
Coun Dave Evans,
Labour spokesperson for resources,
Gray Street, York.
Updated: 10:12 Thursday, February 17, 2005
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