Our first and most important thing is getting a true cost accounting of the value of the corporation. As I mentioned before, the issue is that public accounting processes and private sector accounting processes are different, where some things are valued and some things are not, and where some things are depreciated and some things are not.
You've heard of just a few of the services here that the city is enjoying. That should be measured and taken into account on the balance sheet, although not in the traditional sense of traditional accounting. They have an inherent social value and that needs to be accounted for.
Our first threat is really getting a true cost accounting of what the corporation is and what it is doing. Our workers here in the city are passionate. They care. They do it, and it's not like they make a big deal out of it, but it should be accounted for. The greatest threat here is that if we continue down this line and we move boots off the street, then I would argue that we are moving toward greater social disorder because we will have fewer eyes on the street.
We all know government has a limited capacity, and limited capacity means that we can't be in all places and all things as one order of government. We have to share the burden, so that's the other side. The threat is that if we should continue to sustain our order silos of government, then we're not utilizing those efficiencies and that value.