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"I'm a principal. I'm used to doing things with one hand tied behind my back. But don't tie both my hands." . "They're playing a real shell game with the money," Warning of slashed after-school programs, tutoring, and English-as-a-second-language lessons, the speakers said that they were protesting the mayor’s proposed budget because it contradicted his self-styled reputation as the “education mayor.” “Compare the financial uncertainties of the state which are a lot worse than the financial uncertainties of the city, and compare the commitment the state has just made to what the mayor is doing tomorrow,” she said. “Then you will see the choices that this city has made and then you will understand why this coalition is as angry as they are.”