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Mixed news about our City for March 10

Money-saving proposals approved and not approved, why do we need the Mayor and Council at all, and a Council Member honored as Legislator of the Year.

Do We Really Know What’s Happening? More Commentary on Los Angeles

Back-room dealing, "facts", desperation, need for Council to visit bars, cut the ambulances, Villaraigosa vetoes Cardenas, and more in today's commentary regarding our City's finances and politics.

The Best Articles From the Web Linked for March 5

Rip-off the Airport & DWP, shift the costs, additional contracting out of City jobs, and more are here for your enlightenment.

March 3: Budget, Borrowing, Revenue, Fleecing, Accounting, et cetera

Read the never-ending story, view a revenue bar-graph, discover how to kill parks and libraries, find out (if you can) what the “Core Services” are, and learn about polls.

Here We Go Again - More Budget News for LA

Some savings by City officials, Villaraigosa's office expenditures, fairy tales, libraries, and overspenders are in the news of our City.

The Budget Mess is Still in the News

What Budget Mess?, free-for-all, LAPD, City Hall three-step, learn who's going to pay, and other stories from the local media.

Keeping City Workers and the 4,000 Layoffs Document

The City Council is considering ways to retain City employees instead of laying them off (a plus for the Council), and yes, there is a document about the 4,000 layoffs so the number did not come out of thin air (a minus for the Council).  These are two of the better articles about the Los Angeles Budget Crisis.

S & P, DONE done, sea of lies, elephants, and more

Today's links to articles about the City budget include another downgrade of bond rating, a large animal in the room, videos of the Council, an occasional truth in a sea of lies, waste discovered by the Council, and much more.

Today in Los Angeles for February 22

More criticism of the Mayor and the Council, a profile of Miguel Santana, good-bye to DONE, and more are linked today in the ongoing saga of Los Angeles and its finances.

Back Stories – What did the Mayor Really Say?

With nothing but talk of layoffs in the news, we believe it is worth stepping back and trying to digest what the Mayor really said over the last few days and what others say about him.