Monthly Archives: March 2012

False Alarm: LA Fire Chief Ordered to Back Down on Ban on Public Information

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

UPDATE 1: The death of a man who left a long trail of blood outside the Malibu restaurant where he worked is now under investigation by county health officials as a matter of public safety. Officials refuse to discuss the … Continue reading →

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Darkness at Noon in L.A. — Chilling Freedom of Speech for Cheap Political Advantage Just Like Joe McCarthy

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

My Bar Mitzvah  came four days after attorney Joseph Welch delivered his immortal line on June 9, 1954 at the Army-McCarthy Commie witch hunt hearings. (Full context) “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left … Continue reading →

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LAFD to Los Angeles: F— You! Do the Mayor and Council Support Decision Today to Slam Door on Public Information?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

UPDATE: City Controller candidate Cary Brazeman — who took the lead March 1 in exposing the “FIREGATE” scandal based on data from “Fix the City” activists Mike Eveloff and Jim O’Sullivan, issued a statement today condemning the Fire Department’s clampdown … Continue reading →

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The Deafening Silence of the Mayor and LA’s Civic and Business Elite in the Face of Black and Korean Protests

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

The Constitution guarantees our right to vote but it doesn’t protect us from ourselves when we year after year elect incompetent, irresponsible and corrupt officials — even when they rig elections as totally as they are in Los Angeles. Faced … Continue reading →

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A Man for All Seasons, All Races, All Religions — or Is Eric Garcetti Just Confused About Who He Is?

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

The City Council on Friday — just before savaging the voting rights of African-Americans, Koreans and other Asian-Pacific Islanders along with just about everybody else — celebrated Nowruz, the  Persian New Year, and St. Patrick’s Day. The Nowruz event, strangely was led … Continue reading →

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City Hall’s Public Safety Fiasco: How the Mayor and Council’s LAFD Budget Squeeze Killed and Maimed People

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

As surely as LAUSD officials knew enough — and should have know more — to avoid the child molestation scandal, City Hall officials knew enough to have done something to avoid what we are now learning about the impact of … Continue reading →

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Balancing conflicting interests in water war — My Sunday Column

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

Don’t kid yourself, people will kill, or risk being killed, for just about anything of value. They’ll take that risk for money, for land, for gold, for diamonds — even for water. Water, more than anything in our desert climate … Continue reading →

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Watch Friday’s Council Debate on Redistricting LIVE from the Activists’ Point of View — Not the Government’s

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

EDITOR’S NOTE; Around 10 a.m., the City Council will meet to consider the controversial plan for new districts that was developed by a puppet citizen’s commission controlled by the mayor and Council president. You can watch the staged debate on … Continue reading →

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SoCal’s Water Wars and the ‘Secret Society’ — A Question of Transparency for Rate Payer Advocate Pickel to Probe

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

Call for Fred Pickel, call for Fred Pickel — time to get your Office of Public Accountability and Rate Payer Advocate to do something more in the public interest than just taking home your $20,000 a month salary and figuring … Continue reading →

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Profiles in Political Courage: Antonio Villaraigosa Edition — Mayor Ducks Meeting with Korean Leaders on Redistricting

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

UPDATE: Mayor Villaraigosa’s office contacted the Korean American Coalition/Wilshire Center Koreatown NC late Wednesday night to inform them that a delegation of half a dozen would be granted an audience with mayor himself at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. But Grace Yoo, … Continue reading →

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