Claremont City Manager Tara Schultz answers a question from an audience member Saturday morning during a forum on Measure CR sponsored by the City of Claremont. During the roughly 45 minute meeting the city delivered a short presentation on the budget and the measure that would raise the sales tax by .75 percent. sales tax. City officials are engaged in a last minute push to get Measure CR passed during a special election early next month. COURIER Photo/Steven Felschundneff