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At last Tuesday's City Council meeting, Charleston City Councilman Aubry Alexander challenged fellow council members to find a way to cut $3.8 million from the city's budget without harming basic services like electric and gas.

The challenge has been extended to anyone who feels they can come up with a way to make Charleston 2010's draft budget more bearable.

Go read the story and check out what people are proposing over at The Post and Courier.