Caldwell’s ‘Huge’ Budget Surplus

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At a forum last month, Kirk Caldwell downplayed Peter Carlisle‘s fiscal conservatism, saying the Hannemann-Caldwell administration deserved some credit for leaving a “huge” surplus Carlisle used to balance his first budget.

Today, that claim gets the Civil Beat Fact Check treatment. Nick Grube does the honors.

What grade did Caldwell get? Click through to find out: FACT CHECK — Caldwell: We Left Carlisle a ‘Huge’ Budget Surplus

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