Tuesday, April 6, 2010

What a mess

Villaraigosa Calls For City Agencies To Close 2 Days A Week: "The mayor of Los Angeles says all city departments except police, public safety and those that make money must close two days a week because of a budget crisis."
(From the Huffington Post)

Apparently brought on by a dispute over raised water rates, this is another example of multiple levels of mandates that cross governance systems and become unworkable. And the end result? A shuffling crisis of service delivery tha makes everyone even more cynical about local governments...