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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, August 13, 2007
Contact: Mayor’s Office of Communications,
415-554-6131
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MAYOR NEWSOM’S STATEMENT ON THE BLUE ANGELS
While at the present time our country may be involved in an unpopular war in Iraq, it does not lessen my support of the members of the United States Armed Forces nor of the significance of the City honoring our troops and their families during the annual San Francisco Fleet Week events.
Fleet Week and the Blue Angels air show are enormously popular with tourists and residents — generating significant amounts of revenue for the tourism and hospitality industries. Tax revenue generated by Fleet Week helps support city services such as police, fire, parks and recreation, schools, arts and cultural organizations, and other city programs.
I look forward to the return of the Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron this coming October — an opportunity to once again celebrate San Francisco’s rich naval and maritime heritage.
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