Monthly Archives: October 2011

How Taxes Even on Other People and the Super-Rich Became a Dirty Word

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is my Sunday column for the LA Times’ community newspapers in Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena  The government credibility gap A decade after the great California tax rebellion began with passage of Proposition 13 to stop gouging on … Continue reading →

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Director’s Commentary on the ‘Temple of Democracy’

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: It was self-indulgent but I thought the movie I made from Friday’s City Council session which featured a long debate that depended on what the meaning of the word ‘local’ is — the city or the county — … Continue reading →

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Watch This Movie — Write Your Own Script

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

I will publish my script on Sunday.

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A Libertarian’s View of Occupy L.A. — ‘Camping Out … Looking for a Change in People’s Hearts’

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

By TIM CAVANAUGH, Reason.com Can the Occupy movement survive an onslaught of bandwagon-joining politicians?  Yesterday, the Los Angeles City Council approved a resolution supporting the Occupy L.A. tent city that has sprung up around City Hall. Yet this lethal stamp … Continue reading →

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Ronnie’s Rants on Radio and TV: The NFL, HPV, Hoodies and Dream Act

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

KRLA-870 radio talk show host Kevin James and I talked Thursday about recent developments in the billionaires’ competition for an NFL stadium in the Los Angeles market with Ed Roski’s City of Industry plan gaining traction over Phil Anschutz’ because the … Continue reading →

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LA’s Leadership Vacuum: Feds Fixed the Cops, Now They’re Fixing the Schools

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Antonio Villaraigosa promised that if elected mayor of the City of Los Angeles six years ago he would fix the schools. He tried taking over LAUSD but ran afoul of the law so he went to fat cats who wanted … Continue reading →

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Lip Service to Business Community, Lip Service to Protesters — Corruption as Usual at City Hall

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

It was one of those gloriously only in L.A. moments when our hypocrisy and contradictions were on full display before the world. The city’s business community filled the City Council Chamber for two hours before the regular Council meeting last … Continue reading →

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Occupying Occupy Los Angeles: Local Community Activists Can Help Define City Issues

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

EDITOR”S NOTE: This column was written for Nina Royal’s North Valley Reporter monthly newspaper.which published it’s October edition today. Two weeks ago at the end of activist-organized Congress of Neighborhood Empowerment, the mayor offered his cheerleading analysis that the decade-old … Continue reading →

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Two Op-Ed Takes on Occupy Los Angeles

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

EDITOR’S NOTE:  I wrote these two columns on Occupy Los Angeles for the Daily News and for the News-Press & Leader, the LA Times community paper serving Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena. They were both published on Sunday. Occupy L.A. Shows Vitality … Continue reading →

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The Story of Bruno: When Bad Dogs Happen to Good People

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

By DIANE HAITHMAN and HEIDI, Studio City Patch Not every dog rescue is a fairy tale like Heidi’s story, from Texas storm drain to Hollywood. Meet Bruno, the rescue dog from hell. Actually, Bruno is not from hell–he’s from Woodland … Continue reading →

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