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The Spendthrift City The Jan. 4 Register editorial (“The Spendthrift City Award for 2008,” Local, page 5] states that Mission Viejo could win the award for top spendthrift city. All the while the city council majority was planning and replanning and replanning and replanning the costly float for the Rose Parade, do we know it cost $300,000 or was it much more? Isn’t that a high price to pay for young people cannonballing into a huge bucket on a float? The council’s majority members were apparently so proud of their spending that they doubled their own pay and provided themselves with lifetime healthcare benefits from age 50 after three terms. Since the current mayor and one councilman lost their jobs more than a year ago, isn’t this convenient for them? Isn’t this a very generous use of our tax dollars? Shouldn’t Mission Viejo win without doubt the title of Spendthrift City of Orange County? Beverly Cruse |
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