Jane: you suggest "We are working very hard to make the best use of the resources we have." Would that it were true.

Rather than devoting additional resources to public art (up to 2%, per Commissioner Adams' directive), would you agree to a moratorium on public art spending, with all proceeds devoted to public safety expenditures instead. That would demonstrate (to Lars and many others) that Sam Adams agrees that public safety is more important than public art.

Until you make public safety your number one budget priority, all the retreats, conferences, press releases, and blogaganda are empty words, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing.