Others like City Hall the old way, when they could make deals behind closed doors with your tax money.

There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors.

It's wasteful spending like this that not only forces tax increases and cuts in vital services... but also really make you wonder: who is City Hall looking out for?

You can't negotiate in public. People won't make concessions in public. They will do that in private. Like sausage making, you have to do it behind closed doors.

Behind closed doors, I'm a crafty person.

I almost died, secretly, behind closed doors.