city budget

Wednesday on Sunrise LBK with Dave King and Tom Collins, Lubbock City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Steve Massengale joined Dave and Tom to talk about the finalized city budget, police raises soon taking effect, paying off city debt in cash, the downtown park project, and more...

"Public safety is about letting every citizen know. (The cellphone) isn't a foolproof device...but the advantage that were going after is that its another tool in the toolbox. It's another way to protect the citizens," Jeff said.

"Things are going ok. We are in uncharted waters and we try our best every day to make the decisions that, first and foremost, provide for the safety of our citizens," Mayor Pope said.

When asked if he thinks that ERCOT will be a reliable source of power for Lubbock, Randy said that power outages are always to be expected, especially when it gets hot, but that he does believe it will be a reliable source.

"I think when it's all said and done, the citizens tower project will be something that we'll look back and say it was a good investment. My job is the execute on that. I wasn't there when that decision was made. Our job is to bring it in on time and on budget and that's what we're going to do," Pope said.