Mayor Murphy announced massive layoffs yesterday in an attempt to deal with the City's budget crisis: <http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/mayor/html/city_press_releases.html#08-06-03> Just six of the City's pools will remain open after this week. According to the Post-Gazette, the Highland Park pool will continue to operate (as originally scheduled) until the end of August: <http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_city/20030807centersc3.asp#list> The Citiparks Special Events office, which runs the Reservoir of Jazz, is to be closed. There will be two more events, on the 10th and the 17th, but the remaining two have been canceled according to Kevin Amos, program coordinator of that office. Obviously, the effects of the budget crisis will be felt throughout the city. I have no information on other changes that will affect our neighborhood at this time. Rudy