Please read the latest memo from the Mayor, to quote, “The fiscal reality calls for us to do business differently and move forward with initiatives we never would have considered under different circumstances. Make no mistake, this is not an attack on anyone or any group. Rather this is our chance to protect our …
Mayor ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA proposes More Civilian Pension Reform In his Plan dated April 20, 2012 he discusses the ” excellent post-employment benefits” the employees and their beneficiaries enjoy, then proceeds to eliminate or reduce every single one of them. Pointing the finger at the rising cost of pension and retiree healthcare benefits and claiming they are the key …
As the Mayor prepares his speech on the State of the City I wanted to look back on the LAFD Brownouts. Nothing is better then watching politicians act shocked when their budget descisions play out in the worst way possible, take the LAFD Response time issue for example. They knew and didn’t care, they would …
Los Angeles City Workers Public Safety professionals voted to Reject a deal by LA Mayor Villaraigosa last night. In the strongest message yet to city leaders the overwhelming majority of public safety professionals rejected the proposed offer and chose to keep the contract they currently have. Employees are entitled to retain their current contract, the …
In an Overwhelming defeat to Mayor Villaraigosa’s Plan to take away even more funds from hard working men and women they read the contract, realized their value and voted their conscience. In a crushing blow to SEIU 721 City Attorneys rejected the deal by a Margin of 143-288 voting to reject the weak proposal by …
M.A.L.D.E.F. or the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund what is it and why should I care? MALDEF is short for Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund it is a non profit organization that is deeply rooted in LA Politics and corruption. Here is a brief history lesson on how these players are …
Yes that is correct! I am welcoming additional furlough days! I am done with the scare tactics and LA City Council bullshit along with Julie butcher givebacks and SEIU 721 lies. I no longer care if they propose 72 furlough days because it means a cut in pay I will make up elsewhere. What I …
SEIU 721, The Bigger Better Union has found itself in quite a bind. It can not under any circumstances surrender on health care or it would lose the Coalition of City unions support and it would cement it’s future & decertification of members would not be able to wait. Miguel Santana, our CAO, has managed …
So Mayor Villaraigosa touts his Summer Night Lights program as some miracle success story, well the numbers don’t lie, Crime is the same if not higher and here is why. LAPD Roll Calls have targeted surrounding neighborhoods to decrease crime in the surrounding park zones created by the mayors office and directed to LAPD Brass …
Mayor Villaraigosa, “And in the next four years I will fight day and night to keep all 10,000 officers on the job. Keep our police force at its highest level in history.” Really? “On the Job” Well isn’t that interesting. Currently Chief Beck has a plan; while officers risked their lives quelling riots in the …