Arizona Republic:  “Phoenix has eliminated 546 vacant positions, including 166 sworn-officer and 78 firefighter openings, but critics complain that revenue-generating departments such as water and aviation have been relatively untouched. . . .’It’s a shell game,’ DiCiccio said. ‘You should not give the public the impression you’re making cuts when in fact you’re not. It’s not a cut. It’s a transfer’.”

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