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# Daily Press clarifies 'slush fund' term and Sixth Street arrow headline
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/community-briefs-20051102/
- Published: 2005-11-02T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:06:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

CLARIFICATIONS — In the Nov. 1 edition, the term “slush fund” was used in describing $1,000 discretionary funds the City Council used to help pay for a local teacher to travel to China. The City Council’s discretionary funds are just that. Slush funds refer to money being spent on corrupt or illegal practices.

Also on page 1, the headline over the photo of recently-painted arrows on Sixth Street insinuated that City Hall had ignored the incorrectly placed traffic arrows. It had not received any complaints.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 2, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/110205.pdf?ref=smdp.com)