RehRomano@lemmy.ca to Vancouver@lemmy.ca · 9 months agoAfter promising many times to reduce the mayoral budget during his campaign, Mayor Ken Sim proposes $180k increase to mayor's office while cutting Fire Dept. budget by $1 milliontwitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1external-linkAfter promising many times to reduce the mayoral budget during his campaign, Mayor Ken Sim proposes $180k increase to mayor's office while cutting Fire Dept. budget by $1 milliontwitter.comRehRomano@lemmy.ca to Vancouver@lemmy.ca · 9 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareRehRomano@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoah yes nothing more predictable than a conservative politician promising to “trim the fat”
minus-squarestreetfestival@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt’s just occurred to me that “I’ll trim the fat” or such metaphors may mean “I can’t speak about details because I don’t know enough about what I’m talking about, so vague language it is”
ah yes nothing more predictable than a conservative politician promising to “trim the fat”
It’s just occurred to me that “I’ll trim the fat” or such metaphors may mean “I can’t speak about details because I don’t know enough about what I’m talking about, so vague language it is”