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# We asked and we received
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/we-asked-and-we-received-20070406/
- Published: 2007-04-06T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:24:39.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Last week Q-Line asked readers what would they like to ask the general populace. We asked and you responded big-time. Here is the winning question.

This week’s Q-Line question asks: Why do we \[the City of Santa Monica\] have a $442.6 million budget? Why do we support all of these expensive and questionable city charities?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in next weekend’s edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 6, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040607.pdf?ref=smdp.com)