Dear newly elected student leaders,
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently announced that city employees will soon be facing pay cuts, and thousands of city jobs could be cut. Los Angeles is facing budget constraints that threaten important city services that are essential to the city’s residents.
Corporations are people, too ““ at least, sort of. Because of the recent Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, corporations now have a more defined right to freedom of speech.
With the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen failing to obtain a substantial environmental treaty, and with cap and trade legislation slowing down, it seems that climate change has taken a backseat to the economy and other woes facing Americans.
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