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New ideas will be funded by trimming costs across the board, increasing efficiency, selling naming rights and — one of Woodstock’s greatest hits — eliminating all consultants’ contracts. This is a classic case of paying for dollars in savings that might produce pennies.

It’s not surprising the best-of-the-rest came from Kevin Klein, who served on council and spent a brief time in the provincial government. But even then, his math is vague and wobbly.

For example, Klein wants to expand the Alternative Response to Citizens in Crisis program, which pairs medical professionals with police officers. That’s a good idea, but he has no idea how to pay for it. (And his website refers to the program as ARCH, when it is really ARCC.)