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Council Member Ariola comments on budget priorities and Joe Bello concludes his testimony

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Council Member Joann Ariola criticizes the mayor's spending priorities, comparing the funding for migrants to the lack of support for veterans. Joe Bello then concludes his testimony with a call for the city to uphold its promise to veterans.

Ariola points out the inconsistency in the mayor's argument about not doing federal government's work
Bello emphasizes the importance of the city fulfilling its obligations to veterans
The hearing prepares to transition to the next panel of speakers

Joann Ariola

1:19:25

I just wanna say that the mayor did the federal government's work when he in when he welcomed two over 200,000 illegal migrants and put them up in hotels and paid for their food and paid for their their medical insurance and put them in school and made sure they had clothes.

1:19:40

That was supposed to be federal funded.

1:19:43

And that so that's not an excuse on the mayor's part.

1:19:45

When we do have that conversation, we will bring that up to him.

Joe Bello

1:19:49

I appreciate

Joann Ariola

1:19:49

Because when they wanna find the money, they do, and it should go to the veterans.

Joe Bello

1:19:53

Mhmm.

1:19:53

So just to wrap up, veterans upheld their promise to serve.

1:19:57

Now is past time for the city to uphold its promise to them.

1:20:00

I wanna thank the council again, thank the compliance team for their work on this report.

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And my my full testimony has been submitted for the record.

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