Monthly Archives: March 2009

Voter Outcry over Measure B Gets Heard (by some) at City Hall

Posted on March 11, 2009 by

Responding to a letter from the LA Chamber, Carpenters Union and the VoteNoMeasureB campaign, several city officials say they have heard the message: Open and inclusive process to develop a renewable energy plan that serves everyone and achieves success. The … Continue reading →

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Eli Broad: “I would like to see our foundation and others join together to own the LA Times.”

Posted on March 10, 2009 by

Decline and fall of America’s news media has opened up all kinds of possibities of new ownership and new ideas and revived LA billionaire/philanthropist Eli Broad’s interest in saving the LA Times from further deterioration. Here’s a Reuters story that … Continue reading →

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Bankrupt City: Special Event Giveaways Go On and On to churches, temples, runners, “dykes”…

Posted on March 10, 2009 by

DEPARTMENT OF NO COMMENT: A week after their re-elections, the City Council today goes on a spending binge with a long list of Special Events funding giveaways their highest priority despite a budget deficit that is rapidly soaring past the … Continue reading →

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Changing L.A. Part Two: Opportunity and Challenge — Billboards, Budget and B.S

Posted on March 9, 2009 by

The coalition that fought Measure B to a stalemate — residents, business and labor — is the coalition that can change LA. I know it’s an alien concept, this old-fashioned idea of democracy, and has never taken hold in the … Continue reading →

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Changing L.A. Part One: Opportunity and Challenge — The Campaign Against Measure B

Posted on March 8, 2009 by

The extraordinary success of the No on Measure B — from its origins among community activists to a coalition that included business, labor and political parties of every type — has laid the groundwork for a mass movement that can … Continue reading →

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How Antonio Politicized and Corrupted City Hall

Posted on March 6, 2009 by

On the day before Tuesday’s primary, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Chief Bill Bratton got publicity all over the news media with their boasts that the LAPD had reached a record number of police officers – just 105 short of the … Continue reading →

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L.A.’s Great Divide: For Richer, For Poorer — The Failure of Leadership

Posted on March 5, 2009 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s links to what the LA Times, Daily News and LA Weekly had to say today about the election.The turnout for Tuesday’s election actually exceeded all expectations and the final tally might not be known for as much … Continue reading →

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Miracle in LA — City Hall Political Machine Crashes

Posted on March 4, 2009 by

I woke up at 4 a.m. after four hours of sleep and couldn’t believe my eyes when I refreshed the election results and saw to my amazement that Measure B had lost. Three months ago we knew it would take … Continue reading →

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It’s 7 a.m., Time to Vote – No Measure B, No Jack, No Wendy, No Antonio

Posted on March 3, 2009 by

What if Zev or Rick or Laura had found the courage to take on Antonio?   I wonder if any of them or any of the other potential mayoral candidates with name recognition and access to money has given a … Continue reading →

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Measure B’s Smoking Gun: Antonio Confesses Measure B Is a Payoff to the IBEW

Posted on March 2, 2009 by

“You say, ‘We cut a deal with them.’ Yeah, we did. We built a partnership with them…they didn’t see any jobs.”  — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in an interview with the LA Business Journal published Monday March 2, 2009.That’s what Charles … Continue reading →

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