Villaraigosa wants voters to extend sales tax to fund transit

Faced with a congressional stalemate over transportation funding, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants county voters to approve an indefinite extension of a half-cent sales tax used for transit projects.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mayors-speech-20120419,0,1807416.story

Article courtesy of the Los Angeles Times by Ari Bloomekatz