Surf City’s newly elected conservative majority says the city’s recent settlement of more than $5.4 million with the annual Pacific Airshow, which has brought millions of visitors from around the world since 2016, was necessary because of the event’s tremendous positive impact on the local economy.
Mayor Tony Strickland told The Epoch Times the city would have had a “huge budget hole” had the show—a spectacular of military and civilian flight demonstrations—not continued.
“When you get that kind of event here it helps us fund essential services like parks, road maintenance, and road construction. It’s an unbelievable three-day event,” he said….