Your Weekly Public Services News Roundup

EDUCATION

WSJ: Forced to Hire From Within, Principals Balk

NYT: Last Day of ‘Rubber Rooms’ for Suspended Teachers

PUBLIC SAFETY

Brooklyn Eagle: Safety Steps for Park’s Pier 6

TRANSPORTATION

Daily News: The great train robbery: These pols slashed transit funds then blamed the MTA

Brooklyn Paper: MTA service cuts make it a Monday from hell

NYT: As M.T.A. Cuts Bus Service, a Look at Who Rides Where

Crain’s: MTA to borrow $600 million amid budget woes

Brooklyn Eagle: Futile Rally Against Bus Cuts

Daily News: MTA blows millions on real estate management

Daily News: MTA won't raise fares early but will hike Metrocard, commuter train tickets in January 2011

UTILITIES

Daily News: Union Radio Ad Slams National Grid, Con Ed on Wages