tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post645842450269963996..comments2024-03-26T07:56:17.955-07:00Comments on The South Fraser Blog: Stabbing, then Stealing from Peter to Pay Paul: The Provincial Audit of TransLinkNathan Pachalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17647693133663879821noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3299108886803608881.post-47782924677008101762012-10-17T18:52:41.566-07:002012-10-17T18:52:41.566-07:00One real saving possibility is elimination of wort...One real saving possibility is elimination of worthless "audits" that are conducted entirely for political purposes. <br /><br />If TransLink reduces its budget by $30 million but does not reduce actual spending, how is that a saving?<br /><br />If you eliminate $3 million a year transferred into sinking funds for future debt repayment, how is that a saving? TransLink still has to repay the related debt?<br /><br />Of what Mary Polak's October 16 press release calls "$98 million in savings" previously identified, $52 million are revenue increases. Revenue increases are "savings?"<br /><br />http://northerninsights.blogspot.com/2012/10/political-translink-audit-is-worthless.htmlNorm Farrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06762889793990336381noreply@blogger.com