Which Way, L.A.?
Public Workers, Public Transit and the Mayor of Los Angeles
City workers are bracing for layoffs when Mayor Villaraigosa presents his budget tomorrow. Meantime, harsh words over his plans to speed construction of public transit.
By Warren Olney • • 49m ListenLA City workers are bracing for proposed layoffs when Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa introduces his budget tomorrow. Meantime, he and County Supervisor Mike Antonovich exchanged harsh words today over the Mayor's plans for extending the sales tax to speed construction of public transit. We talk with the Mayor. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, "Stand your ground" and Voter ID laws have been spread to states all over the country by the American Legislative Exchange Council. We hear the pros and cons. Plus, with the book business in big trouble why was there no Pulitzer Prize for fiction this year?
Banner image: Los Angeles City employees, including LAPD Chief Charlie Beck (C) listen as Mayor Villaraigosa presents his 2012 State of the City address
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3 storiesPublic Workers, Public Transit and the Mayor of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa delivered an upbeat State of the City speech last night, emphasizing pubic transportation and his plan to speed up construction projects by extending a one-half cent sales tax rather than letting it sunset as Measure R now provides.
Read the story8 minThe American Legislative Exchange Council: Who Is ALEC?
When George Zimmerman admitted killing Trayvon Martin but he was not arrested, Florida's " Stand Your Ground " law became a household word. Then it turned out that 24 other states had similar laws. How did that happen? The answer is the American Legislative Exchange Council . We hear the pros and cons of the group called ALEC.
Read the story35 minPulitzer Board Snubs Fiction
Nothing sells fiction like the Pulitzer Prize, but this year — for the first time since 1977 — no fiction prize was awarded . Every year a jury of over-worked readers struggles through hundreds of novels to come up with three books to recommend to the Pulitzer board.
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