Correction Course: How a Friday Night Email Fixed the ‘Blind’ Budget Workshop
Palm Bay, FL – It started with a simple observation on a Friday night. The Palm Bay City Council was scheduled to hold a high-stakes workshop on Tuesday, January 20, to set the “Strategic Goals” for the 2027 budget. But the agenda packet released to the public was empty—just a title page with no data, no presentations, and no context.
With Monday being a federal holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the public was facing a scenario where the blueprint for millions of tax dollars would be revealed only moments before the discussion began. It was a classic case of “Management by Ambush,” a…
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