Fines Quadruple?? Nice job, Mayor Villaraigosa.

Los Angeles has no money, according to our loser mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa (who has marched - in support - with illegal aliens during May Day parades). $500 million in the hole, according to some sources. And California has a budget shortfall of $16 billion, according to the Los Angeles Times.

According to a colleague of mine, LA County has begun to raise motor vehicle fines four times the normal ticket price (he was told by an officer of the court last week to multiply his ticket by 4 - not coming to a full stop at a stop sign) and that's what his fine would be.