Posted on 02/11/2010 3:42:14 PM PST by BurbankKarl
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Thursday he is planning a second major wave of City Hall job cuts, moving to eliminate between 1,200 and 2,000 positions to get the struggling city through the remainder of the calendar year.
Appearing at a luncheon hosted by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, Villaraigosa said the reductions would be sought for the fiscal year that starts July 1 and come on top of the 1,000 jobs that he targeted last week for elimination.
Villaraigosa said the cuts would lead, at a minimum, to reduced library hours and parks and recreation programs. And he dismissed suggestions that he lacks the legal authority to slash the size of the citys payroll.
I can order layoffs, and I am, he told the audience.
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All unnecessary. Dims cut vital services to force citizens to vote for tax increases. They should instead cut welfare for illegals, drill for oil, cut union retirement benefits back to a reasonable level and control the border.
Hey BurbankKarl,
I use to go to a restaurant in Burbank snuggled in the foothills on a golf course.
Best view of the vlaley anywhere. Great food.
But it was thirty five years ago.
Probably a condo area now.
The Castaways? that is still there.
Forget it. It’s time to cut through the meat to get the cancer. Cut school for a year. There’s about four kids that care, and they’ll teach themselves anyway. Declare marshal law, looters, care theivs, arsonist shot on sight.
I am a book addict. They can shut down and burn to the ground every library. Book people can pay for their own books. Heck, the library are basically day care for kids and gramps and subsidies fiction reading for a dying population of book lovers that should be paying their own way.
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