{"id":462701,"date":"2010-03-23T13:43:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T17:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"tag:ronkayela.com,2010:\/\/1.1005"},"modified":"2010-03-23T17:57:35","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T21:57:35","slug":"video-blog-council-opens-debate-on-dwp-rate-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/462701","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO BLOG:  Council Opens Debate  on  DWP Rate Hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <b>Villaraigosa Puts Bankruptcy &#8220;Gun to Head&#8217; of Council on DWP Rate Hikes<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/><\/b><br \/>\nMayor Villaraigosa sent a letter to the City Council Tuesday warning that rejection of the DWP rate hikes of 20 to 30 percent would cause the city to run out of cash and face bankruptcy within four months because the utility would not be able to transfer its full &#8220;surplus&#8221; of more than $200 million from the power fund, the <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2010\/03\/villaraigosa-warns-of-bankruptcy-if-la-council-blocks-power-rate-hike.html\">Times reported.<\/a><br \/>\n<b><\/b><br \/><b><br \/>Council Unanimously Takes Jurisdiction<\/b><br \/><br \/<object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZFKLD2QN9fk&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZFKLD2QN9fk&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/b><\/p>\n<p> VIDEO ONE:<\/b><\/p>\n<p> Councilwoman Jan Perry opened the City Council&#8217;s consideration Tuesday of a motion to take jurisdiction of the DWP rate hikes approved last week by reading a letter she gave to each member:<b \/><b \/><br \/> <object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BcJPpDU1VaI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/BcJPpDU1VaI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object>:<\/p>\n<p> <strong>VIDEO TWO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/t3D6wGtsm_Y&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/t3D6wGtsm_Y&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" 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