(Los Angeles) Mayor To Sacramento: Keep Your Mitts Off Our Money

CBS 2 LOS ANGELES ^ | 25 MAY 2009 | CBS 2 LOS ANGELES

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

LOS ANGELES (CBS) ―

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has a message for Sacramento: hands off my dough.

The mayor plans a high- profile lobbying trip to the state capitol Tuesday to protest potential confiscation of local government money by the nearly-bankrupt state government.

Villaraigosa will be joined by mayors Jerry Sanders of San Diego and Miguel Pulido of Santa Ana.

Villaraigosa's office said Monday that one state proposal to partly fill a $21.3 billion budget deficit would divert 8 percent of local government revenues to the state, which would reduce the Los Angeles general fund by $68 million.

The Democratic mayor will meet with the state treasurer and state comptroller, as well as legislative leaders, on the Tuesday day trip.

Noticeably absent from his appointment book, however, is Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[al baby]

[A_Former_Democrat]

“NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD!!!”

[EGPWS]

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has a message for Sacramento: hands off my dough.

Perhaps I'm a bit out of line with this however shouldn't the honorable mayor have slipped in a reference toward the townspeople whose money the honorable mayor is referring to keeping hands off of?

[Paladin2]

‘rats jumping ship.

[freedumb2003]

I suspect the flow of soft but very real money into the coffers of cities is more than the proposed outflow.

When pulling on the tiger’s tail you better have a plan for his teeth.

[EGPWS]

Come on al baby, there must be some “positive” and "succeeding” references that can come out of Los Angeles of late, right?SHEESH..

; )

[al baby]

Are the Lakers still in it to win it ?

[Randy Larsen]

How about LA keeping their mitts off our water!

[EGPWS]

Go Lakers!!!

[EGPWS]

‘rats jumping ship.

'rats don't jump, they stick it out and sink the ship and all in the convoy if possible.

[goldstategop]

The state will rob local governments again... can't say I feel sorry for them!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Bullish]

Hey, how about we just send a bill to Mexico for educating their children and giving them all the “free” health services at our emergency rooms? Not to mention the welfare handouts to non-citizens.

[PhiKapMom]

This is way too funny! Bet all the mayors have the same reaction.

[Tzimisce]

Funny: libs love to spend (other) people’s money.

But you’d better not touch theirs...

[pointsal]

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has a message for Sacramento: hands off my dough.

Some how I have a nagging feeling the good mayor really does consider it "my dough". Say, who is the mayor's current arm candy?

[3niner]

D on D theft.

[waxer1]

Good luck with that...the state can and will take your money from your community like it or not.

They have been doing it for years.

[antiunion person]

Wait until Tony Villa wants to be governor. Once he's in, God help us all, he will be all for grabbing everyone’s money to help the illegals, the prison guard union and the teachers’ union in order to stay in office.
This scum bag is a member of an organization to give California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas back to the Mexicans. As far as I'm concerned, this dirt bag shouldn't be elected dog catcher.