What is up with the economic mindset of delay, delay, delay in order to save money? Delaying only makes it cost more in the future. Didn't king jerry delay paying fireman their due compensation to the tune of costing taxpayers an extra $50 million or more? That delay didn't save anything. Now the idea of hiring freezes to save money? The fact is it will cost more to hire the same officers by waiting till next year. The media should do a story that this department has never been fully staffed to