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Infrastructure Repairs May Suffer
“Long before state leaders started wrestling with California's gaping
budget gap, Orange County cities slipped into a cost-cutting mode. The
sour economy, a drop in tourism and a general sense of foreboding that
Sacramento would pass along some of the state's economic woes have put
municipal governments in a bunker mentality… Officials in most cities
said they might put projects such as sidewalk and street repairs on hold
to protect critical services such as public safety… In Laguna Beach,
City Manager Kenneth C. Frank said officials will probably delay or
cancel improvements to infrastructure such as street paving, sidewalk
repairs and storm drains.” (Sacramento Bee 1/21/03)
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