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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Independent Budget Office testimony on Intro 1234 in rhyming couplets
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Logan Clark from the Independent Budget Office delivers a brief, playful testimony in support of Intro 1234, which addresses changes to the executive budget process timeline. The testimony is uniquely presented in rhyming couplets, as requested by the IBO's executive director.
- The testimony highlights the importance of the five-day extension provided by Intro 1234 for the IBO's budget forecasting and analysis.
- Clark creatively uses wordplay and rhymes to convey the IBO's support for the legislation.
- The testimony concludes with a humorous reference to the executive budget process and the New York Mets baseball team.
Logan Clark
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Good morning, chair Brandon.
0:19:27
Good morning, esteemed members of the council finance committee.
0:19:30
This is a pretty short testimony.
0:19:33
You guys have copies of it in your emails.
0:19:37
Our executive director, Louisa Chaffee, asked that I put my penchant for wordplay to good use once requested that this be delivered in rhyming couplets.
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So without further ado, 'twas the week before exec went all through the house, IBO was all a tizzy like a cat cat hunted mouse.
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We had lost five days to a charter revision threatening our forecast accuracy and precision.
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A handful of days may not seem like much, but let me tell you cousin, those five days are quite clutch.
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We were under the gun and in a tight bind when on the council calendar, what did we find?
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A legislative fix for our Sturm and Drang, giving us space and time to do our thing.
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We thank council for rescue from angst, woe, and more and support passage of intro one two three four.
0:20:33
Thanks for the opportunity to testify.
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I hope you have no regrets.
0:20:38
Merry a very merry exec to all and to all a let's go Mets.