Saying that Long Beach has avoided the fate of Detroit, the Long Beach City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to lift its declaration of a fiscal crisis, after Moody’s Investors Service revised …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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9/4/13
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“It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!”
That quote, …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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8/29/13
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A little more than a month after state lawmakers passed a bill to allow Long Beach to borrow $12 million to cover costs associated with Hurricane Sandy and an inherited deficit, the city’s …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/25/13
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A multi-year deficit, a depleted reserve fund, large payouts to retirees that the city couldn’t afford, thousands of dollars in cash that is unaccounted for at the beach park, lost or destroyed …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/17/13
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The city cannot account for approximately $86,000 in cash receipts at the Recreation Department and thousands of dollars collected at the city’s beach entrances, according to a state audit released …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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7/17/13
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Two months after the State Assembly overwhelmingly passed legislation that would allow the city to borrow millions of dollars in serial bonds to cover costs associated with Hurricane Sandy — and …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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6/19/13
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The Long Beach City Council called on the American Red Cross last week to speed up the release of millions of dollars in Hurricane Sandy donations that the charity has collected over the past seven …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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6/5/13
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A year after city officials uncovered a projected $10.25 million deficit that led to the declaration of a fiscal crisis, an independent audit released last week shed light on the city’s financial …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/29/13
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The Army Corps of Engineers has secured federal funding to conduct a comprehensive coastal protection study of the East Coast that includes Reynolds Channel, in what U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/16/13
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A city attorney who was fired 48 hours after he announced his run for Long Beach City Court judge intends to file a $1 million federal civil rights lawsuit against the city.
Former Assistant …
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By Anthony Rifilato
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5/14/13
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