Toilet Paper Donated To Help $25 Million Deficit

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York, a city struggling with its finances, has received a most practical gift. An anonymous donor dropped off a case of toilet paper at City Hall on Sunday. The gesture was in response to a recent comment made by York Councilman Wm. Lee Smallwood, who wondered how the cash-strapped city would close a $25 million deficit in the police and fire pensions.

"We can't even afford toilet paper," Smallwood said.

Mayor John Brenner said the toilet paper was left at City Hall with a note from "a friend."

"It is amazing someone took it upon themselves to turn this into a practical joke," the mayor said Monday. The toilet paper was given to the public works department to be doled out, he said.

"What do you think we are going to do with it - decorate the trees? Of course we will use it, given all the (stuff) we have to put up with," Brenner said.

Smallwood said it was comforting the public is paying attention to the city's problems. "They are just trying to help out," he said.