Monthly Archives: August 2008

Let’s count the ways City Hall fails us — or maybe spay and neuter our elected officials

Posted on August 19, 2008 by

Even as they were spending the city into a $500 million deficit four months ago, your City Council members came up with yet another bright idea to make your life better and the mayor wholeheartedly agreed: Every cat and dog … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on August 19, 2008 by

More bad news for RockyRumors circulating for several weeks that the FBI was poking around City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo’s personal finances finally burst into the print — in San Francisco.The Chronicle got the story because FBI agents were sent down … Continue reading →

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LAPD’s worst outrage since Daryl Gates’ heyday

Posted on August 18, 2008 by

Jamiel Shaw’s report of how the LAPD and other city officials swooped down on Leimert Park on Sunday and broke up his attempt to get signatures on petitions to put his proposal on the ballot to force the cops to … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on August 18, 2008 by

Where has all your money gone?Californians rank sixth highest in the nation for high taxes — 10.5 percent of your  money or of $4,752 a year goes — to the state.which has somehow managed to create a $15 billion budget … Continue reading →

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Utter contempt: How the Council deliberately kept the public waiting four hours to speak

Posted on August 16, 2008 by

With the City Council set to go on vacation Friday for two weeks and most of its members heading off to party at the Democratic National Convention, it took its normal anti-democratic treatment of the public to new heights. Fridays … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on August 15, 2008 by

City Hall finally ready to get tough on gangs — or is it just another giveaway of your money without a plan?You’re city leaders fiinally are ready to answer all the criticism they get from all you disgruntled naysayers and … Continue reading →

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Trump bails out poor from foreclosure — poor Ed McMahon

Posted on August 14, 2008 by

Just to prove I can stoop as low as anybody for news, here’s the latest L.A. Times scoopverbatim from the top: It’s “The Donald” to the rescue. Mega-developer and TV personality Donald Trump has agreed to buy Ed McMahon’s Beverly … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Valley Speedway — Your tax dollars at work

Posted on August 14, 2008 by

I admit I drive too fast so you can imagine my delight in knowing that it’s speeders like me who decide the speed limit. That’s right the fastest 15 percent of drivers decide the speed: if we drive 60 mph, … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on August 14, 2008 by

Join a gang, run free — Waste water, go to jailFinally, a year after progressive cities like Long Beach cracked down on water wasters, L.A. is ready to impose some restrictions in the  face of the looming drought. The mayor … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: Council steamrolls community opposition to Housing Element

Posted on August 13, 2008 by

The City Council as usual revealed a lot by showing what’s important to them with a chamber full of community activists angered because they were about to be steamrolled by adoption of housing policy that would lead inevitably to the … Continue reading →

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