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Friday, December 25, 2009

E-RIP you a Merry Christmas

Look what Tony V and his fifteen fiefs left you under the Christmas tree! E-RIP will result in the greatest loss of skilled, experienced employees from Recreation and Parks in the history of the City.

Are you ready for it?


Prepare yourself:

ERIP and the Budget:   Honor Among Bureaucrats in the Face of Official Deceit  (RonKayeLA.com)



"Golden Handshakes" enable poor parks management decisions, policies, personnel losses  (Griffith Park Wayist)


L.A. city retirements threaten a deep and lasting legacy  (LA Times)

L.A. analysts project $1-billion budget gap by 2013  (LA Times)



....and just when you think you understand what they've done to us, you then see this:


Villaraigosa: 2009 was 'one of the best years we've had'    (LA Daily News) 

 L.A. council unanimously approves raises for DWP employees (LA Times)

By Griffith Park Wayist at 12/25/2009 08:00:00 AM
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