Mayor makes plea for jobs

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and a delegation of the nation's mayors called on Congress on Tuesday to push for President Obama's jobs proposal, with an emphasis on the needs of local governments. Daily News,

"What we said is we asked them to come to the nation's cities and see the problems with the roads, the bridges, the freeways and the airports," Villaraigosa said.

"In order to address the magnitude of this job crisis, we can't go it alone."