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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 12:03 PM
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SF going broke?

S.F. faces $575.6 million budget deficit


San Francisco's budget deficit for next year has grown to $575.6 million - equal to nearly half the city's discretionary spending account. It's a financial crisis Mayor Gavin Newsom called one of the worst the city has experienced since the 1930s.
SFs budget is about $6.6 Billion/yr....that's $8600/person.
Old Dec 10, 2008 | 12:14 PM
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Old Dec 10, 2008 | 12:28 PM
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but hey...

at least mayor newsome got an SF PD to drive his tahoe hybrid from SF to montana, where he got married...

estimated cost? $15k...
Old Dec 10, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ldivinag
but hey...

at least mayor newsome got an SF PD to drive his tahoe hybrid from SF to montana, where he got married...

estimated cost? $15k...
15 grand, maybe if he would have taken a jet.
Old Dec 10, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by slow04wrx
15 grand, maybe if he would have taken a jet.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sec...eam&id=6516943

An inspector from the police Special Investigations Division made the 1,000-mile journey to Bitterroot Springs Ranch in the mayor's SUV. It took him three days. The mayor took a private jet with another officer.

If you add up the hotel bills for the police escort, their meals, regular pay, overtime, and gas on a city credit card, the tab climbs to more than $15,000.
Old Dec 10, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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At least we know it wasn't wasted on useless city programs and other frivolous things.
Old Dec 10, 2008 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul@dbtuned
S.F. faces $575.6 million budget deficit




SFs budget is about $6.6 Billion/yr....that's $8600/person.
Spend spend spend baby!
Old Dec 10, 2008 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Spoolin415
At least we know it wasn't wasted on useless city programs and other frivolous things.
Nice one
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 12:02 PM
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Ya all the citys money is going to a bunch of different programs like feed the gays and letting the homeless get married.
Old Dec 13, 2008 | 12:06 PM
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The more money you have, the more debt you have. Its no wonder why California is so broke when we're the 7th largest economy in the WORLD.
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