Victoria City Council is facing backlash after passing a motion to look into altering spending on Christmas decorations.
City council was working their way through their 2019 budget this week when Coun. Ben Isitt noted that the $90,000 paid annually for seasonal decorations, including Christmas decorations, should be reconsidered.
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This could mean the city would no longer fund Christmas symbols, such as Christmas trees or Santa Claus.
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Since the story was published hundreds of people have commented on the idea, with nearly all of them against it.
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Another spoke of an excessive need of political correctness.
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Others said that there was some logic to the idea, but it had missed the target.
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Since the discussion began a to rescind the decision emerged on change.org, and as of Tuesday morning had garnered over 360 signatures.
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