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Only 29 years old, working for the city of Costa Mesa for four years, seconds away from getting his layoff notice he jumps to his death from the city hall building.* This happened just a two hours ago.* The city of Costa Mesa is handing out layoff notices to over half of it's work force this very minute, including maintenance workers, jail staff and firefighters.
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Costa Mesa is stating financial difficulties even though this city has one of the largest Malls, South Coast Plaza, and a huge number of major businesses, restaurants, entertainment centers.* The city juts pricey Newport Beach and Corona Del Mar.
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My heart goes out to this young man and his family, he just couldn't take the thought of unemployment I guess.
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Is somebody watching the way cities are spending their money?
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Photo is of Segerstrom Hall, one of the many many many high end businesses that this city gets taxes from.
This is really sad..