“Mayor Jerry Sanders warned of deep, imminent budget cuts and water rationing across San Diego yesterday, while also stressing the importance of a new City Hall and an expanded convention center.”
…About the city budget, Sanders said his aides are projecting a $43 million deficit in the current fiscal year, which will mean that “we almost certainly will need to curtail programs and close facilities that enjoy broad public support.”
…In addition to pledging support in his strongest terms yet for a convention center expansion and a new City Hall, the mayor stressed that he was prepared to take more active roles in expanding Lindbergh Field and accommodating the Chargers regionally, two issues he has generally kept his distance from so far.
Water rationing – I get that. Everyone should, we live in a desert.
Expanding City Hall (seriously?), the convention center, the airport (travel demand is dropping), and paying up to the Chargers while cutting community facilities and services? That’s a messed up set of priorities.