From what I remember he was left a giant hole in the budget by the predecessor and had to either ask the governor to bail him out or cut spending. The governor said that he can give him the money but he will have to accept it at a press conference. He reasoned that he had a real chance to run for governor but if he accepted the money for the city the rest of the state will resent him for that. He decided no to accept it and cut spending on everything including police because he believed that as a governor he will be able to do even more for he city. At the end of the final episode we can see him winning another elections so I think they were trying to say that he was right.
From what I remember he was left a giant hole in the budget by the predecessor and had to either ask the governor to bail him out or cut spending. The governor said that he can give him the money but he will have to accept it at a press conference. He reasoned that he had a real chance to run for governor but if he accepted the money for the city the rest of the state will resent him for that. He decided no to accept it and cut spending on everything including police because he believed that as a governor he will be able to do even more for he city. At the end of the final episode we can see him winning another elections so I think they were trying to say that he was right.