Editorial: Fiscal discipline a welcome change from Mayor Wu

Editorial: Fiscal discipline a welcome change from Mayor Wu

Where has the fiscally conservative Michelle Wu been hiding all this time? The mayor, who infamously tried to push the limit on business taxes, added 300 City Hall positions and has held sway over growing budgets, is now talking “cuts.” Wu said she’s assembling “as lean” a city budget as possible for next fiscal year, including by eliminating hundreds of vacant municipal jobs. All this is in response to uncertainty around threatened federal fund…