jimlazar,
It’s not correct that this would result in less funding for Olympia parks. Departments aren’t allocated a percentage, they are allocated dollars. Olympia’s property taxes revenue would shrink, but so would its expenses. The parks will, assuming the council acts like normal people would expect, end up with a higher percentage of a smaller pie, because the Fire Department percentage will go from whatever it is now to 0 percent.
Which doesn’t mean this is a good idea! I have questions and concerns too. But its impact on parks is not one of them.
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