Antonio Villaraigosa says that during Budget Crisis he may close Los Angeles City Services 2 days out of the week without 73.5 million dollars from DWP
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Don Garza - Downtown Los Angeles
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa calls for closure of public services 2 days out of the week during the City of Los Angeles BUdget Crisis. Park's says he will not get involved in name calling with the Mayor. Apparently, the issue is the matter of the handover of 73.5 million dollars from DWP to add to the City of Los Angeles General Fund.
Eric Garcetti says he welcomes the Mayors embrace on the DWP issue. "In the midst of a recession , before we do a giant rate increase we need accountability. What is important is not to play politics... it is about rate payers who are going through a hard time...we voted for Villaraigosa's green endeavor. You must be tone deaf not to hear what is going on out there. We need to get out of these tough times before we do something drastic... for some reason the Mayor decided not to do that. We will land in the black this year..... We are all aware how tough it is out there at an economic level."
We have to look at our legal options. Garcetti Says about the Mayor's plan to shut down public services . Garcetti says the Mayor can not shut down the unions of city employees.
The numbers don't just add up. The dwp said earlier that they can do it if there was a rate increase after. City council did vote for the 30 million dollars, Eric Garcetti says. 30 million dollar increase. The Mayor can not do the 2 day furlough if the Employee Coalition does not agree.
The Mayor says he has no control over forcing the DWP to hand over the 73.5 Million dollars. The City council says that the Mayor says he does.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa calls for closure of public services 2 days out of the week during the City of Los Angeles BUdget Crisis. Park's says he will not get involved in name calling with the Mayor. Apparently, the issue is the matter of the handover of 73.5 million dollars from DWP to add to the City of Los Angeles General Fund.
Eric Garcetti says he welcomes the Mayors embrace on the DWP issue. "In the midst of a recession , before we do a giant rate increase we need accountability. What is important is not to play politics... it is about rate payers who are going through a hard time...we voted for Villaraigosa's green endeavor. You must be tone deaf not to hear what is going on out there. We need to get out of these tough times before we do something drastic... for some reason the Mayor decided not to do that. We will land in the black this year..... We are all aware how tough it is out there at an economic level."
We have to look at our legal options. Garcetti Says about the Mayor's plan to shut down public services . Garcetti says the Mayor can not shut down the unions of city employees.
The numbers don't just add up. The dwp said earlier that they can do it if there was a rate increase after. City council did vote for the 30 million dollars, Eric Garcetti says. 30 million dollar increase. The Mayor can not do the 2 day furlough if the Employee Coalition does not agree.
The Mayor says he has no control over forcing the DWP to hand over the 73.5 Million dollars. The City council says that the Mayor says he does.
1 Comments:
Do something-it's better than not working at all. Do a staggered work week so that services would remain opened Mon-Sat. Give each employee 3 days (monday-wednesday) and another employee(thursday-saturday).
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Anonymous, April 7, 2010 2:12:00 PM PDT
Anonymous, April 7, 2010 2:12:00 PM PDT
