Emilio Gonzalez
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It costs something like $15,000 per person in services.
Seems like a lot.
Per person.
A family of four moves to Miami, it's going to cost $60,000 worth of services.
Those are at the macro levels, but you're absolutely right.
Look, they won.
I said, I am going to conduct a forensic audit of the city budget.
I want to know where the money is.
Because anybody can promise anything.
But you know what?
You got to pay for it.
I told you 75% of our budget is salaries, pensions, and benefits.
That leaves 25% to actually do stuff.
I'm just saying, like, how do you just just to give you an idea?
When I was a city manager, somebody handed me a piece of paper when we were looking at the budget.
It had like eight names on them, and they were eight City of Miami employees who, in retirement, made over $250,000 a year.
I'm on the wrong line of work.