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...other business, the council votedunanimously to spend its $5000budget surplus during next month's grantallocation process...
Aronberg denied ever having made such acampaign promise, but says the council will spendthe rolled over funds, in order to reverse whathe called a tendency on the part of past councilsto "hoard the surplus...
Wooden shelves filled with U.S. Department of Agriculture surplus canned food and assorted boxes of dry cereal line the concrete walls of the former garage and storage space that used to be mice infested. And the remaining space is taken up by scattered boxes of bread, oranges and rice and the line of people waiting their turn to collect their monthly groceries...
...verdict provoked a swift outcry from crime-exhausted San Franciscans. Although Hollom's employer, the Luxor Cab Co., promised to cover all his expenses, a local radio station launched a fund-raising drive on his behalf. Within a week more than $25,000 had been collected; the surplus money will be donated to a victims' relief fund. Says Hollom: "I would do exactly the same thing again...
Harkin the Hawk: veering close to unabashed protectionism, he demands that the Japanese reduce their trade surplus by 20% a year -- or else. The threat would be akin to a Fortress America ban on Japanese imports, a drastic remedy with scant appeal to voters who freely choose to drive Japanese cars...