Watch or read Mayor Bob Foster's State of the City Address here

By Paul Eakins on January 12, 2011 12:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

If you missed the somewhat confrontational State of the City Address given by Mayor Bob Foster last night, in which he presented an ultimatum to labor unions on pension reform, you can watch it or read it below. Click here for my article summarizing the speech and the issues it addressed.

If you simply must have more Bob Foster, you can read the text version of the address, though it doesn't include any ad libbing by the mayor, at this link:
State of the City 2011.PDF

Or watch the video:

Paul Eakins reports on Long Beach City Hall, and local and regional politics. A newcomer to the Press-
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