The Dyster Budget Presentation We’d Like to See But Never Will

Mayor Dyster presented his budget last week on October 1, right on time, unlike last year in which he held his proposed budget hostage for 37 days in violation of the city charter. As part of his budget dog and pony show he provided power point slides to buttress his claims of having practiced fiscal responsibility (NYS Comptroller's audit be damned) and delicate financial footwork. To listen the mayor you'd think he was a veritable Nik Wallenda walking a fiscal high wire above the roaring waters of economic disaster.

With that in mind we've listed a few of the budget presentation power point slides we wished we saw - but didn't - at the mayor's 2016 budget rollout event on October 1 in the council chambers.

A comparison of what the 2016 budget would look like with and without the annual   casino revenue to prop it up.

The rate of salary increase for department heads from 2008 through 2015.

The rate of inflation versus the rate of salary increase regarding department head pay from 2008 through 2015.

The number of jobs created for Dyster's political friends from 2008 to the present.

Expenditures for consultants from 2008 to the present compared to similar expenditures from 2000 to 2008.

Expenditures for outside legal consultants from 2008 to the present compared to 2000 to 2008.

The number of unsolved murders from 2008 to the present compared to the number of unsolved murders from 1990 to 2008.

The detailed source of the $7.6 million budget deficit that was said to exist from early 2015 until the afternoon of October 1, 2015 at which time it inexplicably vanished.

A graphic demonstrating the return on investment for the millions of dollars in grants and loans used to prop up the Dyster friendly Third Street businesses from 2008 to the present.

The cost of the Dyster administration's  "large project spending" of the past 8 years compared to the "large project spending" of the previous four administrations.

A breakout of casino revenue spending from 2008 through 2015 with those expenditures highlighted as either a city expenditure or a gift to a not for profit, or other, agency or organization.

Public safety overtime costs so noted from 2008 to the present in comparison to previous years back to 2000.

A department by department listing of the number of employees and total department costs from 2008 to the present in comparison to those employee numbers and department costs back to 2000.

The history of the city's financial rating from 2000 to the present.

The history of the city's annual debt from 2000 to the present by total and by individual source.

The rat, cat, and people population in the years 2000 through 2015.