Story published today delves into the Costa Mesa outsourcing
controversy — calls the situation “the Wisconsin labor battle in
miniature.”
Last Wednesday local GOP Chairman Scott Baugh held up Costa
Mesa’s plan to drastically cut its workforce as an example for
others to follow. A city employee’s suicide the following day has
made that a far more complicated proposal.
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Mayor Gary Monahan said a picture of him celebrating St.
Patrick’s Day at his bar hours after Huy Pham’s suicide at City
Hall was the result of a setup by a union official. Others who
observed Monahan that day say that is not the case.
Costa Mesa city maintenance worker Huy Pham, who committed
suicide at City Hall Thursday, is recalled by co-workers as
talented and caring.
While done in the name of good business, Costa Mesa’s mass
layoff notification violated basic principals that the corporate
world has developed for handling layoffs, experts say.
A raucous meeting Tuesday provides a glimpse of things to come
as the Republican-dominated city council moves to study the
outsourcing of half of the city’s operations.
Interim Assistant City Manager says city council will weigh
proposal from the Orange County Fire Authority amidst a slew of
tough budget choices.
Republicans and public safety unions used to walk hand-in-hand
through election cycles. Now they’re at each other’s throats.
With legislation enabling a sale to Costa Mesa stalling in Sacramento, the governor announces that he is ready to initiate another bidding process, which again puts the fate of the Fairgrounds in question.
Assemblyman Jose Solorio says he’s not yet sure how the final bill will read depending on what he hears in the next few days and weeks.
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