Budget woes. First money problems came for businesses. Now they come for cities’ budgets, L.A.’s among them. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled a $10.5-billion budget with cuts across an array of agencies and nearly 16,000 workers furloughed.
Expenses rise. Amid already-tight budgets, the state is spending more to secure protective equipment like masks. A Times review found middlemen, short supplies and high demand have pushed prices to as much as $12.74 per mask, and taxpayers are on the hook.
All those furloughed workers can thank the likes of Mitch McConnell who is planning to use this crisis to punish public employees. That malevolent toad is going to hold all these people in cities like LA, New York, Seattle, Chicago etc. hostage, make the Democrats play chicken with people’s lives and generally increase suffering and pain. This will give him pleasure because he’s a soulless pile of fetid offal.