LA mayor to eliminate 1,000 city jobs
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- The mayor of Los Angeles says he acted to slash 1,000 city jobs and start laying off city employees after the city council failed to deal with a budget crisis.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took the action Thursday after the council delayed action on job cuts for 30 days, the Los Angeles Times reported.
"We're living beyond our means, we have difficult choices to make, we must protect our economic future," Villaraigosa said. "Unfortunately, instead of making progress, we are headed in the wrong direction. That ends today."
"If you think I'm not going to move ahead, you don't know me well," he told reporters. "I don't do this because I want to; I do this because I must."
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/02/04/LA-mayor-to-eliminate-1000-city-jobs/UPI-21821265334884/
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