Long Beach budget sat on a wall... Long Beach budget had a great fall... And all the kings horses and all the kings men tried to but her back together again. At least it seemed like all the kings men were in the conference room in the 13th. floor of city hall as Mayor Bob Foster, Police Chief Anthony Batts and Pat West, city manager, and a host of others released the annual city bugdet. See more pictures | Read the story
PHOTOS: LB Budget, "...is going to be difficult..."
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This blog is a journal of Long Beach, California, through the lens of Jeff Gritchen. It will be updated frequently with the pictures, photo tips and musings from the various assignments he covers as a staff photographer for the Press-Telegram.
Gritchen has been documenting the diverse city of Long Beach since 1998. He covers everything from the Cambodian community to prep sports to gang ridden neighborhoods to the annual running of the Long Beach Grand Prix. He covered destruction Hurricane Katrina brought to Long Beach, Mississippi and traveled to Southeast Asia to document a rural Cambodian girl's as she traveled to the U.S. for life-altering heart surgery. He has won numerous state and national awards, including an international NPPA Best of Photojournalism award in 2003. He can be contacted at
jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com
Gritchen has been documenting the diverse city of Long Beach since 1998. He covers everything from the Cambodian community to prep sports to gang ridden neighborhoods to the annual running of the Long Beach Grand Prix. He covered destruction Hurricane Katrina brought to Long Beach, Mississippi and traveled to Southeast Asia to document a rural Cambodian girl's as she traveled to the U.S. for life-altering heart surgery. He has won numerous state and national awards, including an international NPPA Best of Photojournalism award in 2003. He can be contacted at
jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com
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How can these men hold their heads up high to propose their three-prong approach on the backs of city employees when city management clearly mismanaged money for the past five years? All of the poor investment deals made (including the Real Estate investment just in time for the bubble burst) added to this city's financial problems. This city should trim all the unnecessary management positions including project managers in all the departments. This city does not need any more positions that pay $83,000/year for work that remains unseen.