Perhaps the city's challenges are still too daunting: a deeply troubled police department, a stubborn crime problem, laughable infrastructure and a yawning budget hole.

或许是因为这座城市正面临着令人畏惧的挑战：深陷麻团的警察部门，恶疾难除的犯罪问题，荒唐可笑的基础设施建设和巨大的预算缺口。

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Some estimates show next year's budget could be $2.5 billion in the hole.

一些估计显示，明年的预算将会亏空25亿美元。

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Latest reports show a huge hole in Florida's budget, which may put off investors in its new Everglades bond issue.

最新的报告指出，佛罗里达的预算存在相当大的缺口——这也许会让投资者们在新“大沼泽”债券项目上三思而后行。

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But compromise itself is the main reason for the projected increase in the budget hole.

FORBES: Don't Like The Deficit Projection? Blame The Tax Compromise.

That is a larger structural budget hole than any of the troubled eurozone economies, including Portugal and Greece.

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In Oregon it will be voters who decide, in January, for or against a tax increase to help plug the latest budget hole.

ECONOMIST: Direct democracy