Friday, January 30, 2009

Budget crunch

If you don't have a life, as former mayor Sandy Baldonado once famously noted about residents attending a Saturday city meeting, then be sure to come out to the Hughes Center tomorrow.

The city council will meet in the Padua Room for a special budget meeting.

Corey Calaycay said at a recent candidate's forum that auto sales in Claremont are down a whopping 50 percent. Since auto sales are the meat and grave of the city's sales tax income, the city will be considering further steps to tighten its belt.

Some city services might be on the chopping block. Taxes or fee hikes could be proposed.

If that doesn't entice you, there are usually some bagels, coffee and cookies (unless refreshments got trimmed from the budget). The meeting begins at 8 a.m. and runs until about noon.

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