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Hope the Mayor of San Diego gets hit on the head with a slug of common sense. He is proud of himself for cutting a few "arts" programs.
The city is facing $200 million in deficits over the next eight years. They city is bankrupt and he is proud of doing a mediocre job of cost cutting.
"It proposes suspending 15 projects in the pipeline:
• Seven projects for which the city hasn't yet secured an artist would be suspended entirely through the end of fiscal year 2012, including fire stations in Hillcrest, Mid-City and Mission Valley. Those would save the city $675,000, according to the mayor's report.
• Five projects that have already selected artists will finish out the phases they're in, then pause until the end of fiscal year 2012. Those projects include the weirdly named "Ocean Beach Comfort Station" (showers, bike racks), lifeguard towers in La Jolla Shores and South Mission Beach, a fire station in Point Loma and a library in Mission Hills. Suspending the rest of these projects will save the city $85,000, the Mayor's Office reported."
Cut them all. Cut them now. San Diego can not afford caviar when it can barely afford dog food.
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The city is facing $200 million in deficits over the next eight years. They city is bankrupt and he is proud of doing a mediocre job of cost cutting.
"It proposes suspending 15 projects in the pipeline:
• Seven projects for which the city hasn't yet secured an artist would be suspended entirely through the end of fiscal year 2012, including fire stations in Hillcrest, Mid-City and Mission Valley. Those would save the city $675,000, according to the mayor's report.
• Five projects that have already selected artists will finish out the phases they're in, then pause until the end of fiscal year 2012. Those projects include the weirdly named "Ocean Beach Comfort Station" (showers, bike racks), lifeguard towers in La Jolla Shores and South Mission Beach, a fire station in Point Loma and a library in Mission Hills. Suspending the rest of these projects will save the city $85,000, the Mayor's Office reported."
Cut them all. Cut them now. San Diego can not afford caviar when it can barely afford dog food.
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