The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) reached agreement Tuesday with their 7,000 union members. The agreement was reached before the deadline, avoiding what would have been the 4th strike in the past 12 years and was done with a sense of civility and cooperation not seen often enough – but to be applauded here.

Said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (who finds himself in the middle of another compromise situation)….

“We’ve reached an accord that is fair to both our employees and fiscally responsible to the (MTA),”

With the recent bond compromise in Sacramento, the deal that Mayor Villaraigosa worked out with the LAUSD and now this, maybe we’ve reached a point where constituents’ interests are beginning to play a role in our elected officials decisions. Novel, but positive!