Mmmm...Sullivan cut the police department so much they couldn't do their jobs and the muni now needs to hire an extraordinary number of officers just to get back to basic, recommended service levels. If he'd had any sense, or financial acumen, he could have used that money on city vital services, but instead he simply cut them until everything looked in the black in his simplified economic assessment, and wants to be lauded as a hero despite the terrible situation the city is now in and the money the current administration will have to spend on restoring vital services. This is not "leaving the muni in good financial shape." This is digging it into a financial hole, covering it with an unsecured blue tarp, and then walking away to have a self-congratulatory beer.

I do notice that Sullivan made sure the roads in HIS residential district were well-maintained, though.