Editorial: Interim CAO jumped the gun on talks
Interim County Administrative Officer Ray Espinosa was wrong to pronounce that supervisors should consider ending furlough pay cuts and a step-increase freeze - not only because his reasoning for such financial optimism was flawed and based on one-time injections, but also because he just threw the unions a bone for negotiations and for no justifiable reason.
Marty: After all the pomp, there’s a lot of work ahead
Today is the inauguration of Barack Obama, who will be the first president of the United States who is biracial, at least that we know of. He won't be the last. Journalists are covering the historic event like a blanket and there is little room for an amateur like me. I wasn't invited to any parties in D.C. and I don't know what the beautiful people will be wearing, eating, drinking or what they will be dancing to, but there are observations worth making from afar.
