Monthly Archives: June 2010

Who is Jimmy Blackman? The Mayor’s Bagman Holds the Key to Antonio’s World

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

Bruno, the LA Watchdog and true public servant, has obtained two hot tips from his Antonio Gifts Hotline that can help District Attorney Steve Cooley launch an investigation into the mayor’s flagrant abuse of ethics and tax laws: Check out … Continue reading →

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Will Beutner’s DWP Strategic Plan Restore Trust?

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

Interim DWP General Manager Austin Beutneroffered a bold strategic plan Tuesday for reforming the nation’s largest municipal utility in an effort to restore its badly-damaged credibility and loss of public trust. The DWP announcement asserts Beutner is “keeping his pledge … Continue reading →

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Beutner’s Agenda: No Power Rate Hikes, Less Money for Solar, Recyled Water

Posted on June 14, 2010 by

For all his dismissive talk about “moving forward…not looking back,” Austin Beutner’s DWP budget proposals appear to be an attempt to start cleaning up the past and restoring trust in a rogue agency that has lost all credibility. Billions of … Continue reading →

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Antonio Gifts Hotline: Report Antonio’s Abuses to Bruno, Confidentiality Guaranteed

Posted on June 12, 2010 by

Report Antonio’s abuses of ethics laws in complete confidentiality to Bruno, the LA Watchdog, at bruno.la.watchdog@gmail.com. I guarantee Bruno won’t talk under any circumstances, though he might write about what he learns. The mayor claims he has no records of … Continue reading →

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Steve Cooley’s Litmus Test for Attorney General: Full Investigation of Antonio’s Freebie Scandal

Posted on June 12, 2010 by

“The District Attorney has been relentless in his pursuit of public corruption and of lawbreakers within the justice system. He created the Public Integrity Division that has prosecuted politicians whose misconduct had gone unpunished for years.” — From District Attorney … Continue reading →

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Condemned to Failure — Beutner, DWP and the Refusal to Learn from the Past

Posted on June 10, 2010 by

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana. Oft-quoted paraphrases:Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes. Those … Continue reading →

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Election Reform Panel: Live on Ch. 35 at 8 a.m. Thursday from City Council Chambers

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

Councilman Jose Huizar, who is spearheading an effort to examine campaign and election reform for the City of Los Angeles, will moderate an Election Reform forum Thursday at 8 a.m. .  In March, a similar panel discussed Campaign Finance Reform; … Continue reading →

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Arrogance of Power: How Dare Anyone Say LA Isn’t Business Friendly

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

The issue was a second round of business tax reform and volunteers on the city’s Business Tax Advisory Committee faced denunciation from Councilman Tony Cardenas for failing to say thanks for modest tax relief in recent years and daring to … Continue reading →

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Detroit West: LA at the Turning Point

Posted on June 8, 2010 by

DETROIT — Great cities don’t just die. They rot from within when people who have the wealth and power to save them stand by as if they do not see what is happening, as if there was nothing they could … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Dinner at Mozza, Then the Lakers — Antonio’s Buying

Posted on June 6, 2010 by

Somebody call the Hypocrisy Police!My buddy Ron and Saint Deb are in Detroit for a wedding and I’m at a kennel in Frazier Park but it’s been left to me to deal with this Ticket-gate, Mozza-gate, Chiseler-gate mess that Antonio … Continue reading →

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