An emboldened tourism industry, surging real estate sales and some unexpected money courtesy of the state have pumped an additional $5.5 million into the city coffers, leaving council members with more money to spend when they approve the mid-year budget next month. While some of the cash is already accounted for — to cover increased costs for employee salaries — roughly $2.5 million will be left up to the discretion of the council, which will debate the issue at a meeting scheduled for Feb. 14.
So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “How do you think the council should spend the budget surplus?”
Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 30, 2006. Read the original PDF.