In recent months Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has been an evangelist for fiscal sustainability and a clear-eyed look at the financial challenges facing the city. Before that she was a town crier regarding the Destiny project.
In this conversation, the first of a two-part discussion, she talks about the city's financial challenges, their origins, and what might be done about them. She also reflects back on the Destiny saga, its likely future effects, and the sometimes odd current discussions about how it all could have happened.