Taking another jab in its labor dispute with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a union representing 8,000 Los Angeles city employees began airing a radio advertisement Tuesday that accuses the mayor of planning to raise taxes unnecessarily. Villaraigosa has said the city faces a potential budget deficit of about $240 million in the 2006-07 fiscal year beginning July 1, and that he has not ruled out tax or fee increases.
See "Union Ads Say Mayor Is Crying Wolf", Patrick McGreevy and Steve Hymon, Los Angeles Times, January 10, 2006