need libraries. we have health centers, other people have other health facilities. so, these are all bad choices. tough choices and but that's what we were ee lethsed to do is make the tough choices and stand up and explain them to the public. >> you fall back on core public safety issues and quality of life services begin to suffer very quickly. >> mayor bell, this is interesting, what mayor nutter said, you wish when people make suggestions, you say i wish i'd thought of that. you could cut pay, lay people off, close some services that mayor parker is talking about. or you can make sure that you're not raising taxes or maybe you have to raise taxes. how do you prioritize which road you take? >> well, first of all, you have to look at what is the basic role of local government? basically it's to provide public safety services as well as garbage services and things of that nature. and you have to meet your basic