What were your five key takeaways from Chapter 1?  What surprised you the most about public budgets or budgeting that you were not aware of before reading this chapter? 

Required Textbooks & Supplementary Materials

Lee, Robert D., Johnson, Ronald W., and Philip G. Joyce.  Public Budgeting Systems. 10th Edition. ISBN: 9781284198980.

Your Initial Discussion Posts must be at least 450 words and must use at least one source outside of your textbook.