First, the term tax was used by the mayor. Second, there may be seventy retirements this year, there are already ninety vacant positions in the department. The administration is keeping vacancies because this allows them to spend already allocated monies on other things. Many government agencies do this and have been caught; i.e New Orleans Police during hurricane Katrina. Third, your post does not address the fact that this is a shame, smoke and mirrors, a way to increase revenue for metro government