Union Ads Say Mayor Is Crying Wolf
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 Patrick McGreevy and Steve Hymon, Los Angeles Times, January 10, 2006