“We don’t want to be the model for other cities to lay off their employees, but our residents have been somewhat pleased.”

-Magdalena Prado, a spokeswoman for the City of Maywood, Calif. on the decision to fire all of the city's municipal employees and outsource their jobs. Due to declining revenues and an uninsurable police department, Maywood says its the first city in the nation to outsource everything (New York Times, 7-20)