Unless something is done, fiscal experts said, the district will be bankrupt by April.

But fiscal experts say $25 million is not that much in a city with a $2.3 billion budget.

That, at least, is what many fiscal experts and other political analysts are asking.

But fiscal experts also say budget concerns may overcome resistance in other states.

But some fiscal experts, inside government and out, say those cuts are only the beginning.

But the far greater challenge, the fiscal experts say, is in the city's long-term budget problems.

Still, fiscal experts view the last several years as a lost opportunity.

But fiscal experts in Washington say many other states may have to consider it.

Taking nearly 60 years to pay the debts of the 1970's would be an unusually long time, fiscal experts said.

Roberto needs a fiscal expert to help him balance his budget.