City Council Budget Committee Chairman Joey Manahan and other Council members continuously avoid asking the tough questions when the city administration’s department heads come before the Council.

No one on the Budget Committee seems to question why so much in-house work in different city departments is being outsourced to outside contractors.

For example, whatever happened to all the rail studies that were outsourced at the taxpayers’ expense that were designed to reduce all the cost problems we are facing today? We need to downsize county government by merging city departments and reducing the management staff to create a multiskilled workforce that can actually perform the work in-house.

Look at all the increasing problems we face today, with forever escalating fees. But our Council members neglect to address or seek solutions to protect the public.

Patrick N. Custino

Kaneohe

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