Article: Saco puts financial report on easy-reading list ; Some Main Street business people offer mixed reviews of the condensed format.

SETH HARKNESS Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
03-27-2007
Saco puts financial report on easy-reading list ; Some Main Street business people offer mixed reviews of the condensed format.
Byline: SETH HARKNESS Staff Writer
Edition: Final
Section: Local & State

SACO --

Last year's financial report for the city of Saco was about an inch thick and even the mayor acknowledged not many residents wanted to grapple with the dense document.

"It was a 100-page report that had realistically not been read by many people," said Mayor Mark Johnston.
Saco's latest fiscal report is four pages long. It has numerous pie charts and colorful graphics. City officials say it conveys much of the same ...

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