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Frustration with MOCS Director's resignation and funding challenges
2:06:09
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Council Member Julie Won expresses frustration with the resignation of MOCS Director Flores and the ongoing challenges in securing funding for the agency.
- Won describes difficulty in getting MOCS to specify funding needs over the past three years.
- She emphasizes the challenge of negotiating more funding when the agency itself is not requesting additional money.
Julie Won
2:06:09
Director Flores resigned last week and it is extremely frustrating that no one's getting paid.
2:06:16
And you just heard her testimony.
2:06:18
I just asked her in 10 different ways where else can I fund you and she said no, I don't want any funding and that's been the last three years of playing charades where I'm like blink twice if you need help?
2:06:31
But then we can't even get out of them a line item of what we're trying to fund.
2:06:36
So we're all in agreement that we have to fund but if we can't identify what to fund it's not gonna be easy to negotiate funding them more especially if you have their own agency staff saying no no we're we don't want any more money.
2:06:49
So it's been extremely difficult.