Not only does Roseville have the better mall, but they’ve now even taken Santa from Sacramento:
The jolly old one will attend holiday events in Roseville on Saturday – including that city’s annual parade – but Sacramento’s annual Santa Parade has been canceled.
The event, always run on the Thanksgiving weekend, has been called off for the first time in the event’s 26-year history, said parade organizer Laurie Hensley.
The decision to cancel the privately organized event was prompted when organizers came up $15,000 short for stages, sound equipment and cash prizes for parade participants, Hensley said.
Sorry Sacto kids, but it looks like your Christmas Eve milk and cookies will go uneaten this year. Santa is off to more lucrative pastures.
In Roseville, however, the Sylvia Besana Annual Holiday Parade is ready to roll at 10 a.m. Saturday.
It will begin at Riverside Avenue and Douglas Boulevard and Vernon Street, proceed along Vernon Street and end behind the Roseville Square shopping center.
Really, Roseville, have you no shame?
UPDATE 11-24-2008: Sac-Eats called it, the Sacto parade is back on after a hefty donation from Mayor-elect KJ. One wonders if Santa was being held as an innocent hostage in some kind of parade-financing dispute.
The Sac Rag 
All I wanted was a hippopotamus.
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Thank you, KJ, for fronting the NBA cash for the parade. We will not be outdone by Roseville. Ever.
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“We would have donated the extra dollars to charity. We were under budget, which meant there was such an outpouring of people who wanted to participate, we raised more money than we needed,” Johnson said. “We’ve got to find a way to preserve the most meaningful traditions in our community, especially when you’re dealing with the fluctuations of a down economy.”
Bummer for the charities.
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Mrs Cool and I wondered how Sac City Schools feels about this donation? He still owes them a million bucks.
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1419114.html
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