Monthly Archives: October 2010

“BUILD IT IN BRENTWOOD” — Let’s See City Hall Try To Do That

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

What better symbol of LA’s decay could there be than the city’s massive program of spraying insecticide down manhole covers because of the cockroach infestation in the sewers. What better evidence of the political system’s bankruptcy could there be than … Continue reading →

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Insult to Injury: Lack of Quorum Forces Cancellation of Council Meeting

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

The majority of the nation’s highest paid elected city officials couldn’t bother to show up for work Tuesday. So the City Council meeting scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. was cancelled after President Eric Garcetti waited 15 minutes for a … Continue reading →

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City Hall’s Failure: Blame the Charter, Blame the Leaders, Blame Yourself

Posted on October 11, 2010 by

An odd thing happened last Thursday in the LA City Chambers, a group of reasonably intelligent and well-informed people with very different roles and belief systems debated important issues and disagreed on many of them. Whether they believe the city … Continue reading →

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Alarcon, CRA and DWP: Who’s Kidding Whom?

Posted on October 10, 2010 by

City Councilman Richard Alarcon and his family and friends apparently have something in common with Bruno:  We all use the backyard for, well, more than just outdoor recreation. I’ve got Ron.  I wonder who cleans up after them? And given … Continue reading →

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Silence and Secrecy at CRA — An Agency That Does Not Listen, Does Not Care, Does Not Explain

Posted on October 9, 2010 by

Hollywood activist Bob Blue has played the key role in raising questions about the Community Redevelopment Agency giveaway of millions of dollars in public money to fund an office building at 1601 N. Vine for a developer bedeviled by lawsuits … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Deal: CRA, Molly’s Burgers, Hal Katersky — and Your Money

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

Happy days are here for Mrs. Kwok Yi, proprietor of Molly’s Burgers in Hollywood. She has shaken down the Community Redevelopment Agency and Hal Katersky, the self-styled mogul for “first-class, technologically advanced entertainment production facilities in the world” for a … Continue reading →

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City Hall’s No. 1 Uncollected Bill: The Bill for Incompetence, Inefficiency & Indifference

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

Imagine you’re running a $4 billion-a-year enterprise that is spending $1 million every day more than it takes in and expects the loss to rise to $2 million and then $3 million a day in the next two years, what … Continue reading →

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Power, Money and the Trashing of LA’s Neighbohroods — Targeting Woodland Hills

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

He likes to call himself the “Z-man” and even “Super-Z” — a traffic cop who’s become a City Councilman who is seen by many of his colleagues and constituents as a double-talking and two-faced servant of unions, developers and other … Continue reading →

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Arnold to Austin: Drop Dead — Terminator Saves LA from CRA Destruction, Vetoes AB 2531

Posted on October 1, 2010 by

To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 2531 without my signature.Redevelopment funds are to be used solely for the purpose of eliminating blight in urban neighborhoods in California cities. This bill would authorize the … Continue reading →

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