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How Democrats stole Christmas from San Diego
San Diego might cancel its beloved Christmas festival, December Nights, under a cost-cutting proposal by Mayor Todd Gloria.
The city is facing a $146 million deficit. So Gloria says no “In Excelsis Deo” on Noël.
Residents are furious. Hundreds of thousands of people flock to Balboa Park for the event every year.
It’s part of the holiday season in Southern California, just like chilly beach sunsets. Now, the good people of “America’s Finest City” might have to do without their Christmas revelry.
But this budget crisis didn’t arrive out of nowhere.
As local outlets have noted over the past several weeks, San Diego spent like crazy on middle management positions in city government over the last decade.
In 2015, there were 70. Now, there are 400, according to Fox 5 San Diego.
Many of those in mid-level city management earn well over $200,000 a year, more than the members of the City Council who created their jobs.
It’s the same budget problem popping up everywhere that Democrats govern.
They added staff,........