# Killing kids to save money, a Feb 9-13 council recap

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Podcast: [The Grand Parade](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-grand-parade-5748300)
Published: 2026-02-16T09:43:16+00:00
Episode link: https://www.grandparade.news
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## Resource

This week is a bit of an odd one, as it had five full days of council meetings and host Matt Stickland had five full days of plague in his house. The big moves by Cleary at the end of last week's budget debate, as well as the police budgets, are not in this episode. They are in the paper this week, and will be in a later episode of the show (probably), respectively. That's all for this week as Matt fills up on fluids and heads back to bed to try and beat this fever.

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