Get Whittier city budget preview Monday night

Whittier City Controller Rod Hill is making the rounds talking about the budget crisis the city faces. He spoke at the Parks and Recreation and Commission Wednesday and will be doing double duty Monday night when he goes to the 5:30 p.m. meeting of the Social Services Commission at the Whittier Senior Center, 13225 Walnut St. and the 7 p.m. meeting of the city Library Board, in the history room of the library, 7344 S. Washington Ave.
Whittier -- like many cities -- faces budget problems caused by the national economic tsunami.

City Manager Steve Helvey has asked all of his department heads to come up with a list of cuts equal to 5 percent of their budgets. He plans to take this to the City Council in January 2009. But just maybe we'll get a preview of the cuts at Monday's meetings. That's why I plan on being there and writing about it later.