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Through this economic downfall to keep a police department? >> unfortunately, we have no reserve. >> reporter: mayor glenn newsom calls it the perfect economic storm. just as the city was dealing with nationwide problems like declining tax dollars, the real estate bust, and unemployment, it was hit by an unusually cold winter, and the city runs the area's power, gas, and water systems. >> people came in and said we can't pay the utility rates. so the council decided to lower the utility rate for electricity. it's called a power cost adjustment. when they lowered that, that reduced anticipated ...

Understands voters want to hear from him today. >> sean: here's him talking about the obama administration environmental policies. >> right now people are asking did i really sign up to see 17 or 18% of the american economy that is now wrapped up in health care, taken over by the federal government? did iç really sign up to have utility rates double in indiana to undo so much of the economic progress we've made in pursuit of no environmental improvement, through a cap and trade bill, so-called, by its on computer models will not budge the world thermometer, will not save one polar bear. but...