{"id":219236,"date":"2010-01-21T13:24:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T18:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"tag:ronkayela.com,2010:\/\/1.889"},"modified":"2010-01-22T14:50:15","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T19:50:15","slug":"bankrupting-la-whos-fault-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/219236","title":{"rendered":"Bankrupting LA — Who’s Fault Is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“As you know we have a problem this year and it’s not going to get better in 2010-11 and onward. The picture is not very bright.” — Interim City Administrative Officer Ray Ciranna, May 5, 2009.<\/p>\n

“This is just the beginning, next year is worse.” — Assistant City Administrative Officer Tom Coultas, Dec. 12, 2009<\/b><\/p>\n

Don’t blame the bureaucrats for this City Hall financial crisis that will force drastic action to avoid bankruptcy. Blame your elected officials who failed to heed the warnings and follow their advice, and hold them accountable
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Here’s a retrospective on what was reported and recorded here, starting with this video and article on May 5 of last year, showing how the mayor and City Council failed in their duties to deal with the financial crisis despite being told over and over that hard decisions were needed. <\/p>\n

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City Council to Unions: Your Jobs or Your Money<\/a><\/font><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

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10,000 LAPD Cops or Thousands of Layoffs? Buyouts or Layoffs? City Council’s Fictitious Budget<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/h2>\n

MAY 18, 2009<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

Scandal, Failure, Anger, Bankruptcy: Will the Public, Unions and City Hall Partner for a New LA<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/h2>\n

MAY 19, 2009<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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Back Slaps, High Fives, Heroes — and Catastrophe for LA<\/a>
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MAY 21, 2009<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

Wendy Watch: Is the New City Controller Right in Calling the Budget “Fiscally Responsible”?<\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n

JUNE 3, 2009<\/b>
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Shared Sacrifice: You Pay More and Get Less<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/h2>\n

JUNE 18, 2009<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

City Budget Mysteries: Dire Consequences of City Hall’s Nasty Money Games<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/h2>\n

JUNE 24, 2009<\/b>
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Is This What They Mean By Shared Sacrifice?<\/a><\/b><\/h2>\n

JUNE 26, 2009<\/b>
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An Offer They Can’t Refuse: Council Gives City Unions What They Want<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/h2>\n

JULY 3, 2009<\/b>
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The Sweetheart Deal: City Hall Will Beg, Borrow and Steal to Protect Unions<\/a>
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JULY 19, 2009<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

All They Want Is Your Money…<\/a><\/h2>\n

AUGUST 3, 2009<\/b>
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Play Now, Pay Later — The Road To Ruin<\/a><\/h2>\n

AUGUST 4, 2009<\/b><\/font>

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The People’s Hero, Sally Choi: City’s Sweetheart Early Retirement Deal Blowing Up<\/a><\/h2>\n

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AUGUST 6, 2009
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Days of Reckoning: Don’t Forgive Them, They Know What They Are Doing<\/a><\/h2>\n


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The Deceit of Power: City Hall’s Early Retirement Fiasco and the Ugly Truth<\/a><\/h2>\n

SEPTEMBER 5, 2009<\/b>
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Parks’ Warning: LA Is Going Broke Fast, Faces Layoffs, Cash Flow Crisis, Bankruptcy Threat<\/a><\/h2>\n


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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009<\/b>
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Day of Reckoning: Begging, Borrowing and Now Stealing — City Hall’s Exercise in Futility<\/a><\/h2>\n

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009<\/b>
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LA in Crisis: Do They Have a Clue? Do You?<\/a><\/h2>\n


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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009<\/b>
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All in the Family LA-style: City Hall and Unions Cut Back Room Deal but It’s None of Your Business<\/a><\/h2>\n

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009<\/b>
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Terms of Endearment Deal: ERIP or Ripoff?<\/a><\/h2>\n

OCTOBER 9, 2009<\/b>
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100 Days, $100 Million Deeper in Debt: Paralysis and Cowardice at City Hall <\/a><\/h2>\n

OCTOBER 13, 2009<\/b>
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Weak Stall for Time and Pray for Miracles<\/a><\/h2>\n

OCTOBER 30, 2009<\/b>
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Pray for LA: Only Fools Would Gamble It All on an Economic Miracle<\/a><\/h2>\n

DECEMBER 12, 2009<\/b>
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ERIP and the Budget: Honor Among Bureaucrats in the Face of Official Deceit<\/a><\/h2>\n


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JANUARY 21, 2009<\/b>
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This Is No Way to Run a City<\/a><\/h2>\n

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