Cities need reform, not bailouts: Jim Righeimer and Bruce Whitaker

The inevitable has happened, restoring our faith in the logic of the universe: the local politicians who supported Gov. Newsom’s shutdown of the California economy now want the governor and the Trump administration to bail them out.
But don’t be fooled. Even if you think killing the economy has been necessary, the coming collapse of government finances has less to do with the virus or the economic shutdown than with crazy government spending that goes back years, even decades. The ca