Re “Transit agency to freeze jobs, slow growth” (May 24): How refreshing it was to read this story. Faced with rising costs and declining revenues, the North County Transit District is prudently reducing expenses by freezing open positions.
I hope Mayor Gloria and the San Diego City Council members will consider adopting similar strategies to address the city’s budget challenges. In San Diego, workforce costs have grown far faster than both inflation and city revenues — an unsustainable trajectory the city can no longer afford.
City leaders should focus first on controlling workforce costs rather than pursuing additional ways to extract more tax dollars from residents.
— Amie Boring, Carlsbad