Yesterday at the city's press conference for the proposed 2010 fiscal year budget, it was revealed that Long Beach Museum of Art officials had sent City Manager Pat West a letter saying that they don't owe the city a $3 million bond payment that must be made by Sept. 1.
In response, Mayor Bob Foster said the city can't afford to pay the $569,000 that it was expected to for the museum's operating expenses. The museum may get a cool breeze from its beachfront location, but things are definitely heating up. Click the link below to read the full text of the museum letter.
Check out www.presstelegram.com later today for more in-depth coverage of the issue.
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How stupid can the city be?
Plus, $25 million for the stupid depleted oil fields/toxic waste dump the Mayor calls a "wetland" More and more government waste of our tax dollars.