Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently announced that city employees will soon be facing pay cuts, and thousands of city jobs could be cut. Los Angeles is facing budget constraints that threaten important city services that are essential to the city’s residents.
Category Archives: Opinion Columns
UN must take new approach to Iran
The relationship between the United Nations and Iran is analogous to that of a mother trying to correct her rebellious child with futile threats and punishments.
Regents should show investment integrity
Everybody knows that money talks.
Protest methods at UCI ineffective
An anteater can flick its tongue up to 160 times per minute. It rapidly flaps its long, syrupy saliva stick in hopes of drawing in termites and ants ““ sometimes to the tune of 30,000 little critters a day. It should be noted, however, that the anteater has no teeth.
Body image differs in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro “”mdash; I was off the plane for about 10 minutes and stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the freeway when the driver in the adjacent car got my attention without saying a word.
A 10-minute talk with Block
I finally won. “Congratulations, you have been selected for the Chancellor’s Office Hour,” read the message.
Education cuts: enough is enough
Over the last couple of weeks the Governor has raised the possibility that Cal Grant funding may be, essentially, decreased.