San Benito staging Hog Waddle for nearly $300K

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San Benito staging Hog Waddle for nearly $300K

SAN BENITO — As the city gears up for San Benito’s biggest music festival, officials are putting up $290,000 to help stage the first four-day Hog Waddle Concert and Cookoff. At city hall, City Manager Fred Sandoval said officials are budgeting $150,000, while also counting on ticket sales and sponsorships, to help fund the festival, refuting some residents’ claims the event’s carrying a $500,000 price tag. Meanwhile, the city’s Economic Developm…