While the district appealed the decision, Mr. Singleton and his staff retooled the curriculum and tried to erase the budget gap by closing one of the district's three schools and trimming budgets in all departments.
At the same time, states are increasingly closing their budget gaps at the expense of localities.
He says he can do this while still closing the budget deficit within eight years.
In the end, closing the budget gap needs to come from spending cuts.
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Mr House said the first priority in closing the budget gap would be to look at non-staff costs first, and then they would consider voluntary redundancy.
Until the market sees the US making headway in closing its budget gap, and until the US economy starts hiring again, commodities and equities tied to the emerging markets are going to gain.
Closing that tax gap would go a long way to closing the huge budget deficit.
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But it does appear to be a trend in the U.S.: libraries either closing or navigating massive budget cuts.
They fear the budget cuts will lead to galleries closing, lack of purchasing power for new exhibits and a drop in educational resources.
Their mission gained added urgency this month when President George W. Bush's Treasury Department, as part of its 2008 budget, offered 16 tax gap closing proposals.
He is a brave man: he was the first politician to produce a budget with a plausible plan for closing the deficit, which he did in April last year.
The final budget will be decided in March, and closing all the council's public toilets had been one idea.
And the president proposes what he calls a "balanced" approach: closing tax loopholes on the rich and budget cuts.
And as I am just saving to start my own coaching practice and leave my job, this is really beyond my budget (more reason giving, disclosing her future interests, and closing in on an anchor).
He proposed closing some tax loopholes to increase revenue, and backed a budget plan put together by Senate Democrats last week.
Plaid Cymru AM Ieuan Wyn Jones, closing the debate said that following Prime Minister David Cameron's favoured outcome of freezing the EU budget would "essentially" lead to a cut in real terms.
The proposed budget calls for 137 new or increased taxes, consolidation of more than a half-dozen state agencies and the closing of more than 10 state facilities, including six children, family and youth centers.
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