A PPARENTLY immune to irony, City Council President Darrell Clarke yesterday promised more transparency in Council's budget and then refused to say how that will happen.
Clarke, like Council presidents before him, rejects the idea of Council holding a public hearing on its own budget.
This question comes up during every budget cycle:
Why does Council take nearly two months to ask detailed questions about the budgets of city departments and agencies such as the Mayor's Office, the Managing Director's Office, the police and fire departments, the Sheriff's Office and the First Judicial District but never answers questions about its own budget?
