Monthly Archives: August 2010

KPCC Scoops City Controller with a Better Salaries Database: Searchable and Better Organized

Posted on August 7, 2010 by

You got to love this one. It took much of a decade since the Daily News posted city salaries and the scandal in the City of Bell to shake up LA City Hall and get the Controller’s Office to put … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Softball Treatment of Alarcon Really Makes You Wonder

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Newspaper coverage of the indictment of Councilman Richard Alarcon and his wife on voter fraud and perjury charges have generated a lot of criticism. Walter Moore today tore apart the Daily News story headlined “Support for Alarcon Remains … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Keeping an Eye on Alarcon’s Past, Present and Future

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

Why is anybody surprised? Richard Alarcon, the City Councilman who is charged with representing parts of the northwest San Fernando Valley without bothering to live there – and repeatedly lying about it!- has been dancing on the ethics line throughout … Continue reading →

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Don’t Mess with Beutner: DWP Head Exposes How Council Ran Up $1 Million in Bills without Controls

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

Austin Beutner got a pound of the City Council’s flesh Wednesday but it cost DWP ratepayers $600,000. The bills were for consultants the Council used last spring to fight the mayor’s effort to impose electricity rate hikes of up to … Continue reading →

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How Do You Spell Hypocrisy? LA City Council

Posted on August 3, 2010 by

BREAKING NEWS: Alarcon says grand jury indictment coming down today over his residence problem, LA Times reports.Dr. Keith Richman, a man I admired who was elected mayor of the City of the San Fernando Valley in the secession election, died … Continue reading →

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Open Letter from LA County Jail: End the Travesty of Justice and Help Free Richard Fine

Posted on August 3, 2010 by

EDITOR’S NOTE; In an open letter from Los Angeles County Men’s Centrail Jail where he was locked up 17 months ago, crusading attorney RIchard I. Fine has called up for public support in his effort to reign in the judiciary … Continue reading →

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Greuel’s Stand for Semi-Transparent Government — It’s Not Good Enough

Posted on August 3, 2010 by

When times are tough and the challenges great, real leaders sometimes step forward and rise to the occasion with bold steps that bring people together. This is such a time in the history of Los Angeles, a time that cries … Continue reading →

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Pershing Square and the City Garage Deal: 16 Minutes to Decide, 50 Years of Shame

Posted on August 2, 2010 by

It took the Board of Commissioners of the Recreation and Parks Department just 16 minutes to sell out the public interest Monday and trash the City Charter at a special meeting with little advance notice.. Not bad for a few … Continue reading →

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