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Lights out for holiday trees? Menlo Park weighs budget cuts
The Menlo Park City Council is considering ending the city’s annual holiday tree-lighting event and scaling back maintenance as they grapple with a structural budget deficit which threatens to deplete its already-reduced reserve funds.
What happened
According to The Almanac’s source item, Lights out for holiday trees? Menlo Park weighs budget cuts, The Menlo Park City Council is considering ending the city’s annual holiday tree-lighting event and scaling back maintenance as they grapple with a structural budget deficit which threatens to deplete its already-reduced reserve funds.
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- Lights out for holiday trees? Menlo Park weighs budget cutsThe Almanac - 2026-06-09T01:29:00+00:00
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