[kingu]

Ripon, clap-clap, Rip-off!

A shame that the television station couldn't be bothered to state what the budget was last year, or how energy costs which are much lower than they were in the middle of the GrayOuts are suddenly too much for the budget.

[So Cal Rocket]

With a simple Google search, and 5 minutes of browsing their website, I found out that the City of Ripon spent $150,414 on vehicles in 2002, and has a budget of $213,000 in 2003, an increase of 59%. Cutting back to the 2002 budget would solve their problem.