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2010.03.11: The Art of Spinning the News: NY Times Gets Bit by the Mayor's Rattlesnake
2010.03.10: Dept. of No Comment: Jan Perry, LA Legislator of the Year
2010.03.09: Let's Lay Off the Mayor & Council -- Who Needs Them?
2010.03.09: City Hall Transfers: Eight of the 11 Highest Paid Got Up to 16 Percent More by Moving to DWP
2010.03.09: Good News for Kids...Bad News for Golfers
2010.03.09: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Why Can't I Be in Two Places at Once Like the Council?
2010.03.08: War Declared: People vs. DWP -- No Rate Hikes Without Total Transparency, Clear Plans, IBEW Givebacks
2010.03.08: Sign of the Times: City Website Down -- The Conspiracy Theory
2010.03.07: Face Facts: The Economy Isn't Coming Back to 'Normal', A 'New Normal' Is Evolving and We Must Change Before It's Too Late
2010.03.06: The Henchman, Apologist and Desperate Mayor
2010.03.05: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Spying on Antonio's Party
2010.03.05: Want an 80% Tax Cut? Threaten to Leave LA!
2010.03.05: Fairy Tales Can Come True...You Can Laugh When Your Dreams Fall Apart at the Seams...
2010.03.04: Take Heed Antonio, Little Things Mean a Lot
2010.03.03: Campaign Finance Forum 8 a.m. Thursday, Ch. 35 from City Council Chamber
2010.03.03: Antonio's Right -- To Hell with Parks and Libraries, We're Going to Need the Cops Soon Enough
2010.03.03: The Never-Ending Story of the Budget Crisis
2010.03.02: What Are LA's Core Services? Don't Ask, They Won't Tell
2010.03.02: The Fate of LA in His Hands, Heaven Help Us
2010.03.02: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Hey Antonio, Where's My Invite to the Oscar Party?
2010.03.01: "What Kind of City Are We?" -- It's Not Rocket Science, Even Ed Reyes Gets it
2010.03.01: Department of No Comment: LA Wins National Award for its 2009-10 Budget Presentation
2010.03.01: DWP: Desperate, Wasteful, Politicized -- Milking the Cash Cow for Every Cent You Got
2010.02.28: Antonio's Budget Fairy Tale --
2010.02.27: Somebody Has Got to Pay for This DWP Outrage
2010.02.26: Here Come's the Bill: DWP Wants Massive Power Rate Hikes
2010.02.26: Even Whitewash Can't Hide the Truth: How County Supervisors Improperly Influence Planning Decisions
2010.02.26: Can We Bell the Cat of the City Budget Crisis?
2010.02.25: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Let's License Everybody in City Hall and Send the Losers to the Pound
2010.02.24: The 4,000 Layoffs Document: Proof of Their Neglect of Duty and Crimes Against the City
2010.02.23: A Few Moments of Truth in a Sea of Lies
2010.02.23: "We Shall Not, We Shall Not Be Moved"
2010.02.23: LA Love It or Leave It -- Are There Other Choices?
2010.02.22: Rude Awakening: City Hall Discovers How Much Money It Wastes
2010.02.22: (Ir)Rationalizing City Government: An Exercise in the Pretense of Democracy
2010.02.21: Winner-Take-All in LA's Bankruptcy Melodrama
2010.02.21: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Who Needs Cops and Firefighters -- Let the Rabble Eat Dog Food
2010.02.20: The Guardian 'Angel' Behind an LAUSD Success
2010.02.20: DONE is Done: Mayor Abolishes Dept. Of Neighborhood Empowerment, Dismantling Starts Next Week
2010.02.19: Would Walter Moore or Zuma Dogg Be a Better Mayor?
2010.02.18: Panic at City Hall -- Start the Recall Petitions!
2010.02.18: Dirty Money Without Limits -- How to Clean it Up
2010.02.18: Krekorian's Challenge: Dancing with the Pols or the People?
2010.02.18: The Unspeakable B-Word -- Bankruptcy
2010.02.17: Will LA Be Able to Deliver Services in the Future?
2010.02.17: Antonio's 50 Seconds of Fame: He Wants Jobs, She Wants Lunch
2010.02.17: How Dumb Do They Think We Are? How Dumb Are We?
2010.02.16: How to Succeed in (City) Business Without Really Trying: Janice's Way
2010.02.16: Emmy for Garcetti: His "All My Children" Cameo
2010.02.16: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Eavesdropping Behind the Scenes of Antonio's Soap Opera
2010.02.15: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Hey, Antonio, Let's You, Me, Lu and Monkey Do Lunch
2010.02.14: No Layoffs, No Payoffs, No Selloffs -- Real Budget Solutions, Not Gimmicks
2010.02.12: LA's "Bikepath to Nowhere" -- $30 Million for Two Miles of 'Breathtaking' Ocean Views
2010.02.11: KCET's SoCal Connected Tackles LA Budget Crisis
2010.02.11: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: The Heartbreak of Falling Out of Puppy Love with Janice
2010.02.11: Epitaph for LA: "We all took too long"
2010.02.10: Noisy, Messy and Complicated -- Democracy in LA Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come
2010.02.10: Forget Privatization, Let's Outsource City Hall to India
2010.02.09: Antonio Faces the Council: The Movie
2010.02.09: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Rummy and Dummy, No Way!
2010.02.09: Janice Hahn Explains Her Site's Campaign Link
2010.02.09: Lights, Camera, (In)Action: LA Bankruptcy, The Movie, Shoots Today at City Council
2010.02.08: 1,000 Layoffs -- Who Gets Axed? The List
2010.02.08: Janice Hahn for Lt. Gov. -- At City Taxpayer Expense
2010.02.08: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Valley Secession, Jimmy Hahn -- Those Were Better Days
2010.02.07: The Bills Are Coming Due - It's Their Turn to Pay
2010.02.06: City Pensions Since ERIP: The Facts, The Figures, The List
2010.02.05: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Envying LA's Top Dogs
2010.02.05: Antonio's Phantom Layoffs: Eliminating Jobs Doesn't Mean Eliminating Workers
2010.02.04: Antonio Breaks Silence on Budget, Orders Layoffs
2010.02.04: LA (Soap) Opera: A New Beginning -- Or Just the Beginning of the End
2010.02.03: Believe It or Not: They Blinked at Budget Cuts and Increased the Deficit
2010.02.03: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Eavesdropping on Antonio
2010.02.02: City Parking Sell-off Fiasco: Full Report
2010.02.02: Amazing (Dis)Grace: Only a Miracle Can Save LA
2010.02.01: What I Believe, Right or Wrong...
2010.02.01: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: We Need a 'No-Kill' Policy for Animal Services Directors
2010.02.01: The High Cost of Panic at City Hall: Killing Youth Programs
2010.01.31: LA's Moment of Truth: Ruin or Resurrection?
2010.01.28: The (Self) Betrayal of Antonio Villaraigosa
2010.01.28: Words That Come Back to Haunt Antonio
2010.01.27: Loyalty Counts to Bill Bratton: Just Ask Jack Weiss and Michael Berkow
2010.01.27: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: City Hall Needs the Dog Whisperer More Than It Needs a Jobs Czar
2010.01.27: 50 Reasons LA Is Bankrupt -- Here's One of Them
2010.01.26: City Union Leader's View of What Went Wrong
2010.01.26: B(ankruptcy)-Day at City Hall: Too Little, Too Late
2010.01.25: Compounding a Felony: Antonio's ERIP Caused Chaos and Now His Layoff Plan Is Worse
2010.01.25: Neighborhood Council Leaders Offer Budget Solutions, Call for Dialogue to Avoid Bankruptcy
2010.01.24: Fighting for LA's Future -- Which Side Are You On?
2010.01.22: Welcome to the Monkey House, Mr. Krekorian
2010.01.21: Bankrupting LA -- Who's Fault Is It?
2010.01.21: This Is No Way to Run a City
2010.01.20: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Meatless Mondays Aside, Antonio Prefers to Ham It Up
2010.01.19: Reefer Madness in LA Ends - But Don't Hyperventilate ... It Will Take a Long Time to Close Pot Shops
2010.01.18: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: What's Good for Antonio, Lu and Monkey Is Good for All of Us
2010.01.16: The Beginning of the End (of even the pretense) of Competing Newspapers in LA
2010.01.15: Memo to Beutner: Nothing Good Happens Without the Support of the People
2010.01.14: Now Can We Talk About How to Educate Kids...
2010.01.12: The Wizard of LA Will Solve Our Problems -- Somewhere over the Rainbow
2010.01.12: Jack Weiss vs. Ron Kaye on Channel 4
2010.01.10: Talk Turns to Action -- The Fight Is On
2010.01.10: Antonio's Job Creation Plan: DWP as the Economic Engine to Subsidize Development, New Business
2010.01.07: Green LA or DWP? Parfrey Makes His Choice
2010.01.06: Is the DWP Illegal Paying for Other City Services?
2010.01.06: Reinventing Journalism: The Emerging New World Order of News
2010.01.05: Parents Win Power over Kids' Education -- Assembly Passes 'Race to the Top' Package by One Vote
2010.01.05: They Saved Hollywood, Built the Subway, Created 1000s of Jobs -- All in a Council Day
2010.01.04: Talk, Talk, Talk -- When WIll We Decide to Act?
2009.12.31: 2009: Turning Point in the Struggle for Democracy
2009.12.29: OurLA's Man of the Year -- Carmen Trutanich
2009.12.23: The Living Wage, Affordable Housing, Subsidies, Public Works and the Myth of Job Creation
2009.12.22: Who Owns Our Schools -- Unions or Parents?
2009.12.21: Reform LAUSD: Don't Let Them Pull the Trigger on the 'Parent Trigger'
2009.12.19: The Granny Flat Gambit: Vigilance and the Struggle for Self-Governance
2009.12.18: Your DWP: Hollow Promises, Cheap Talk, Insider Deals, Mismanagement, Secrecy, Illegalities, Lost Credibility, Waste...FAILURE!
2009.12.17: ERIP, Final Tally: Over-Subscribed by Nearly One-Third
2009.12.16: LAPD and the Mishandled Millions
2009.12.15: Seizing Power at City Hall
2009.12.14: Do Our City Leaders Deserve Forgiveness?
2009.12.12: ERIP and the Budget: Honor Among Bureaucrats in the Face of Official Deceit
2009.12.11: In the Name of Common Decency and Common Good...Let Them Defend the DWP Contract
2009.12.09: Stop DWP's Pay Raise Ripoff -- Or Make Them Pay
2009.12.09: Antonio Strikes Out: Krekorian Trounces Essel
2009.12.08: Laundering Broidy's Dirty Money, Looking for Political Cover
2009.12.07: The Million-Dollar Question: Why Is Chris Essel So Important to the City Hall Political Machine?
2009.12.05: Elliott Broidy and the Six Degrees of Corruption
2009.12.04: 'Granny Flats' Decision Fuels Passions Over L.A. Housing Policies
2009.12.03: The Failure of Reform, Part I: The LA Commission System
2009.12.01: We Can Change the World . . . At Least Our Little Piece of It
2009.11.24: Paul Krekorian for CD2: The Best Hope for Change
2009.11.23: Shakeup in LAPD Command Staff: Winners and Losers
2009.11.23: Essel's 'Lettergate': Why Is Antonio's Thank You Note in 2000 a Criminal Matter?
2009.11.18: D'Arcy's Kiss of Death for Chris Essel
2009.11.18: Nuch and the Lemmings: Marijuana and the Selective Enforcement of Laws
2009.11.16: Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood: Granny Flats, Converted Garages, Houses Turned into Tenements
2009.11.11: Some Things Just Don't Add Up About Selecting the New LAPD Chief
2009.11.09: Freeman Report: Cooking (the books) with Hot Air
2009.11.09: Long Lines for City Hall's Sweet ERIP Deal . . .
2009.11.05: Why Is Everybody Always Picking on the Mayor?
2009.11.04: Who's Chief Is He? Bratton's, Mayor's, LAPD's?
2009.11.03: The Campaign to Reform the DWP
2009.10.31: DWP Blackmail: Brian D'Arcy's Monetary Terrorism
2009.10.30: Pray for LA: Only Fools Would Gamble It All on an Economic Miracle
2009.10.28: The Curious Case of Charlie Beck and the Australian-made Police Car
2009.10.27: DWP Calling: Your Money or Your Life (Or Why We Need to Know Where Our Money Goes)
2009.10.26: Give 'em Hell, Nuch -- We Need a Bully at City Hall
2009.10.23: AEG Gets Signs, Cop Hiring Gets Stopped, 'Nuch' Gets Slapped, Billboard Ban Gets Jeopardized
2009.10.23: Who's Killing Your Neighborhood? It's Not a Mystery Anymore
2009.10.21: Sense and Nonsense: The Planning Appeals Debate
2009.10.20: Three Years, Five Months, 68 Days ... and Now 24 Hours More To Figure Out Planning Appeal Fees
2009.10.19: Mechanics of Power: Squeeze Plays and Double Talk
2009.10.19: City Hall Blackmail: Fewer Cops at Lower Pay, More DWP Workers at Higher Pay
2009.10.18: DWP's Greatest Ripoff Since Mulholland's Heyday
2009.10.16: Bratton and the Conflict of Interest Issue: The Berkow Connection
2009.10.15: Drowning Under the Weight of DWP's Troubles
2009.10.14: Freeman Insists He's the Ratepayer's Advocate -- Perry Demands Real Facts, Transparency
2009.10.14: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Let's 'Fix' the Politicians
2009.10.13: When the Going Gets Tough, the Weak Stall for Time and Pray for Miracles
2009.10.12: Bratton's Parting Shot: "A City That Almost Doesn't Work"
2009.10.09: 100 Days, $100 Million Deeper in Debt: Paralysis and Cowardice at City Hall
2009.10.08: Is City Hall Ready to Get Down to Business?
2009.10.07: LA County's Union Deal: No Raises, No Layoffs, No Furloughs, No Payoffs, No Service Cuts
2009.10.06: Who's on First, What's on Second -- The City Hall Comedy Show
2009.10.05: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: We Won't Get Fooled Again
2009.10.05: Two Takes on CD2 Race
2009.10.03: DWP SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009 . . . Consulting Agreement with H. David Nahai.
2009.10.03: Less Talk, More Action: Saturday's NC Action Summit Videos
2009.10.03: The Best of DWP and David Nahai...
2009.10.02: Why Water Pipes Are Bursting, Why We've Got No Clean Energy, Why DWP Bills Are Soaring
2009.10.01: 10,000 Cops, 15 Liars -- Crazy Days at City Hall
2009.09.29: Ronnie's Movie of the Week: Homeless Bums and Pompous Asses
2009.09.29: Small Towns Out in the Desert Somewhere Are Run Better Than LA
2009.09.28: It's Time for Action and Saturday's NC "Action Summit" Is the Starting Point
2009.09.27: Reinvention of Journalism and the Rebirth of Free Speech
2009.09.24: Whodunit, Chapter 16: Who's Killing My Neighborhood?
2009.09.24: Revenge of the Gadflies: City Hall's Bungling Costs Taxpayers Dearly
2009.09.23: City Hall's Win-Win Strategy Wins in CD2 -- Who's to Blame?
2009.09.22: Terms of Endearment Deal: ERIP or Ripoff?
2009.09.21: Terms of Endearment Deal: 15 Reasons Why You Can't Trust City Hall
2009.09.20: Terms of Endearment: Do You Trust City Hall?
2009.09.19: How They Saved LA: The Movie
2009.09.19: Do the Seven Community Candidates Stand a Chance Tuesday in CD2?
2009.09.18: All in the Family LA-style: City Hall and Unions Cut Back Room Deal but It's None of Your Business
2009.09.17: LA's Rotting Infrastructure Spills Over into the Public Debate on City Hall's Performance
2009.09.16: LA in Crisis: Do They Have a Clue? Do You?
2009.09.16: Apathy of the Public and the Paralysis of the Power
2009.09.15: Threads of Corruption that Tie Together Like a Noose
2009.09.13: Day of Reckoning: Begging, Borrowing and Now Stealing -- City Hall's Exercise in Futility
2009.09.13: Measure B All Over Again -- But This Time You Won't Get to Vote
2009.09.10: Cutting City Officials' Salaries in Half Doesn't Go Far Enough...
2009.09.09: LACERS Pension Board Approves 15-year Payback for Early Retirement Deal
2009.09.08: DWP's Week That Was -- Burst Water Mains, Blank Checks and Measure B Revisited
2009.09.07: Hostage City: Free LA from the Union Stranglehold
2009.09.05: Parks' Warning: LA Is Going Broke Fast, Faces Layoffs, Cash Flow Crisis, Bankruptcy Threat
2009.09.03: The Deceit of Power: City Hall's Early Retirement Fiasco and the Ugly Truth
2009.09.03: Bye Bye Nahai -- A Symptom of DWP's Power Outage
2009.09.01: Union Power: LACERS Board Moves Toward Approving Risky Early Retirement Deal
2009.09.01: A World of Political Absurdity beneath the Smoke-filled Sky
2009.09.01: Appraising the CD2 Race: Stopping the Machine
2009.08.31: Jay Carson, Steve Bing and Antonio's Ethics Problem
2009.08.27: Abandoning Antonio's Ship: Loneliness at the Top
2009.08.26: Antonio's Last Stand: Battle for LAUSD, City Hall
2009.08.25: LA's Great Educational Experiment: Breaking up LAUSD 50 Schools at a Time
2009.08.25: The Luckiest Generation: 50th High School Reunion
2009.08.19: Measure B By Any Other Name Is Still a Blank Check for Defrauding the Public
2009.08.18: Bruno, the LA Watchdog: Why Van Gogh Cut His Ear Off
2009.08.17: Where in the World is Antonio Villaraigosa? Africa, Iceland, Topless Pool at Caesar's Palace...
2009.08.17: Follow the Money: Essel's Trail in CD2 Race Leads to City Hall Interests
2009.08.14: Bruno, the LA Watchdog: Love and Excess in High Places
2009.08.14: One Tree in a Million -- A Few Kind Words About City Hall
2009.08.12: Absent from Duty: The City Council's Amazing Toilet Tricks
2009.08.11: Who's Lying, DWP or the Mayor? Who's Paying -- Don't Ask
2009.08.10: Lampooning the Mayor: Fair or Unfair?
2009.08.09: CD2 Forum in Sunland-Tujunga: Big 3 vs. Little 7
2009.08.06: O Antonio, Wherefore Art Thou?
2009.08.06: Bruno, the LA Watchdog: Antonio's 'Chief' Grief
2009.08.06: Days of Reckoning: Don't Forgive Them, They Know What They Are Doing
2009.08.05: BRATTON QUITS, Joining Global Police Consulting Firm
2009.08.04: The People's Hero, Sally Choi: City's Sweetheart Early Retirement Deal Blowing Up
2009.08.04: Bruno, the LA Watchdog: Cirque du Media
2009.08.04: What's Wrong with City Hall: White Elephants, Living Wage Jobs and Squandered Public Money
2009.08.03: Bruno, the LA Watchdog: Snarls and Bites
2009.08.03: Play Now, Pay Later -- The Road To Ruin
2009.07.31: Bruno, the LA Watchdog: Fetch the Bouncing Checks
2009.07.30: A One-Way Ticket Out of Town -- How New York Helps the Homeless
2009.07.30: Commenting on Lily Burk Tragedy, Pension Crisis
2009.07.29: Bruno, the LA Watchdog: The Circus That's City Hall
2009.07.28: Why Council Debates Attract Gadflies Like Dog Poop Attracts Flies
2009.07.27: Today on OurLA: City Hall's $100,000 Pension Club, Part Two
2009.07.27: Lily Burk Murder Suspect: Classic Case of a "Non-Violent Offender" Being Freed from Prison
2009.07.27: Drought Busters Report: Guess Who Was Wasting the Most Water in LA
2009.07.25: Exclusively on OurLA.org: City Pension Millionaires: The $100,000 Club
2009.07.25: Selling LA: The Pitchman, The Promotion and The Profiteering
2009.07.24: Bruno, LA's Watchdog: Barking at Smith & Wesson
2009.07.24: Council's Smith & Wesson Rule: Is There Any Point to Public Comment if Nobody Listens?
2009.07.23: The Fire Next Time -- Will LAFD Be On Duty?
2009.07.22: They Bicker and Quarrel over Old Grudges While California Rots -- What We Can Do About It
2009.07.22: Trutanich in the Hot Seat: Laura Chick Slams Him
2009.07.21: Nuch's Bombshell: Criminal and Civil Charges Possible in Michael Jackson Funeral Costs Case
2009.07.21: Nothing to Celebrate -- Origins of the California Budget Disaster
2009.07.20: Save the Earth: Send Antonio to the Moon
2009.07.20: Bruno, the LA Watchdog: Wolves in the Henhouse
2009.07.19: All They Want Is Your Money...
2009.07.15: City Hall Power Struggle: Now It's Nuch vs. Wendy in "Rocky II"
2009.07.15: Forget "Greenest City in America," LA's the "Meanest"
2009.07.14: Six-Figure City Worker Pensions: Living High in Retirement
2009.07.12: A New Spirit of LA -- Who Will Make the First Move?
2009.07.11: The Black Market in State IOUs: Hype or Real?
2009.07.10: Reinventing Journalism: A Life and Death Struggle
2009.07.09: Something Is Terribly Wrong: Is It Them or Us?
2009.07.07: Nuch's First Stand: Best Two Minutes in Modern City Council History
2009.07.07: Beat the Machine: Can Activists Stop City Hall's Carpetbagger Takeover in CD2
2009.07.06: Outrage Builds over Paying for Michael Jackson Memorial Extravaganza
2009.07.04: Michael Jackson's Death: Another LA subsidy for Phil Anschutz and AEG
2009.07.03: California IOU Online Market: Cashing in on Fear
2009.07.03: The Sweetheart Deal: City Hall Will Beg, Borrow and Steal to Protect Unions
2009.07.02: Day Two: LA's New World Order Full of Promises -- Show Us the Money
2009.07.01: Antonio, Wendy, Carmen: Hold Them to Their Words
2009.06.30: Huizar's Prenuptial Deal: Binding Agreement to Keep Both Autry, Southwest as Living Museums
2009.06.30: A Blogger's View: That Was the (Fiscal) Year It Was -- City Hall's Failure Reaches New Heights
2009.06.29: Autry vs. Southwest Shootout: Symbol of LA's Cultural and Political Poverty
2009.06.27: What Really Happened in the CD5 Race...
2009.06.26: An Offer They Can't Refuse: Council Gives City Unions What They Want
2009.06.26: Here's the Plan: Is It Good for You or Good for Them?
2009.06.25: Whodunit Chapter 15: Who's Killing My Neighborhood
2009.06.24: LA Chamber: Sweetheart Deal Means "Short-term Political Gain and Long-term Financial Pain"
2009.06.24: Is This What They Mean By Shared Sacrifice?
2009.06.23: UPDATED: LA's Road to Ruin: Payoffs instead of Layoffs
2009.06.20: What Price Labor Peace? Marathon Union-City Hall Talks: Furloughs & Layoffs vs Early Retirement
2009.06.20: City Watch, Weekend Report: On Bikes, NCs, 50 Percent Solution...
2009.06.19: Bruno, the L.A Watchdog: "I Love a Dogfight"
2009.06.18: City Budget Mysteries: Dire Consequences of City Hall's Nasty Money Games
2009.06.18: Pot Shops: Get High on Today's Best Viral Email
2009.06.17: Let's Celebrate Champions -- Not Bums Who Fail Us
2009.06.15: Carmen's Army -- Can He Live Up to the Community's Hopes?
2009.06.14: Paying City Hall Officials What They're Worth: How to Cut Their Salaries in Half
2009.06.12: Lip Service to Democracy -- The Irrelevance of Public Comment Before the City Council
2009.06.10: Fire Teachers Who Molest Kids? LAUSD Needs a Committee to Study the Question
2009.06.09: Cortines Socks It to the Inspector General: Who Needs a Watchdog for Bankrupt LAUSD
2009.06.09: Antonio the Magician and City Hall's Hocus-Pocus Act -- What Are They Smoking?
2009.06.08: Will Success Spoil Carmen Trutanich?
2009.06.07: Gateway to Hell: Jack Weiss' Goodbye Present to Developers
2009.06.06: What Do Pot and Cell Towers Have in Common? You Can Help Stop Their Proliferation
2009.06.05: The Green Machine That Ate LA -- DWP Goes Solar Without Sunlight
2009.06.04: Bruno, the LA Watchdog: Psychoanlyzing Antonio
2009.06.03: Shared Sacrifice: You Pay More and Get Less
2009.06.02: Chorus Girls, Women TV Anchors, Political Machines -- and Antonio
2009.06.01: Restoring Democracy -- It Won't Happen Without You
2009.06.01: Antonio Plays Hamlet: A Two-Man Race for Demos?
2009.05.28: Green Revolution vs. Community Empowerment -- Why Are They at Odds?
2009.05.28: Dropping Like Flies, Fighting Like Dogs, Passions Like Pit Bulls -- Is City Hall Still Indestructible?
2009.05.27: On Billboards, Busted Budgets and Bad Leadership
2009.05.26: The Parent Revolution Comes to the LAUSD
2009.05.26: CD5 Election Snafu: Will We Ever Know Who Really Won?
2009.05.24: Bruno Remembers Those Who Serve -- Semper Fi!
2009.05.23: Jane Usher Speaks Out: Taking Back City Hall from the Corrupt Political Machine
2009.05.21: Wendy Watch: Is the New City Controller Right in Calling the Budget "Fiscally Responsible"
2009.05.21: Happy Days Are Here Again...The Worst Is Over -- Maybe
2009.05.21: Trutanich: "We took over the city . . . We're going to change the way politics is played"
2009.05.20: Beating the Machine: The New Politics of LA
2009.05.19: Back Slaps, High Fives, Heroes -- and Catastrophe for LA
2009.05.18: Scandal, Failure, Anger, Bankruptcy: Will the Public, Unions and City Hall Partner for a New LA
2009.05.17: Why I'm Voting Against the Props, Jack Weiss, Paul Koretz and Every Other Politician
2009.05.16: L.A. Muckraker: Tony V's Governor Bid Won't Get Off the Ground
2009.05.14: The Hummer vs. The Cyclists: LAPD Rides Roughshod over the Bikers
2009.05.14: Secret Revealed: Antonio's a "Failure" as Mayor
2009.05.13: 10,000 LAPD Cops or Thousands of Layoffs? Buyouts or Layoffs? City Council's Fictitious Budget
2009.05.13: City Hall in Panic: Where are the Leaders?
2009.05.13: Who Better to Kill a Newspaper Than a Journalistic Mortician: The Ed Moss Story
2009.05.12: Poor Jack Weiss' Dirty Money Problems Get Dirtier
2009.05.12: The VIrus of Corruption Spreads Deeper into LA's Political Culture
2009.05.11: Councilman Parks' Responds: 'What Would You Cut?
2009.05.10: LA Meltdown and the Future of Community Empowerment
2009.05.10: Killing Neighborhood Councils: Voices of the City: Those in Power
2009.05.09: Killing Neighborhood Councils: Voices of the City, Part Five
2009.05.09: Killing Neighborhood Councils: Voices of the City, Part Four
2009.05.08: Killing Neighborhood Councils: Voices of the City, Part Three
2009.05.07: Killing Neighborhood Councils: Voices of the City, Part Two
2009.05.07: Killing Neighborhood Councils: Voices of the City Part One
2009.05.07: What Is To Be Done? Are NCs Worth Saving? Anger or Apathy -- Which Will Prevail?
2009.05.06: Killing LA's Neighborhood Councils: City Hall's Fatal Blow to Reform
2009.05.05: City Council to Unions: Your Jobs or Your Money
2009.05.04: Fox TV's Glenn Beck Tells America the Measure B Story
2009.05.04: The Case for David Vahedi in CD5: The Start of a Citizen Takeover of City Hall
2009.05.03: Fast and Furious LA-Style: Raising the Speed Limit to Raise Revenue
2009.05.03: Public Records Demand: Aldus Equity Role In LA Pension Scandal
2009.04.30: Grappling with the City Budget Crisis: More Money for City Hall or More Power to the People?
2009.04.29: Free Speech in LA? Help Save Public Access TV
2009.04.28: Whodunit Chapter 15: Who's Killing My Neighborhood
2009.04.28: UPDATE Public Be Damned: Taxi Parking Measure Stalled
2009.04.27: City Budget Day One: Mayor Backs Down on Water Runoff Tax -- For Now
2009.04.27: Public Be Damned: Taxi Drivers Matter More to City Hall Than You
2009.04.26: Blueprint for Bankruptcy: Hearings Start on City Budget, LA's Future at Stake
2009.04.25: A Week Without Water: The Plight of the People of Shadow Hills
2009.04.24: Stench of New York Pay-to-Play Scandal Hits LA City Hall
2009.04.24: Antonio and the Fine Art of Political Seduction
2009.04.23: City Hall's Real "Deadwood" -- The Leadership Gang that Can't Play Straight
2009.04.23: Mayor of "Deadwood" Hits a Sore Spot
2009.04.22: Antonio: Get Rid of "Deadwood" at City Hall, Kiss of Death for Jack Weiss
2009.04.21: Antonio's Budget, Part Two: When a Plan Is Not a Plan
2009.04.20: Antonio's Budget: When a Plan Is Not a Plan
2009.04.19: Conserve or Pay More: Nahai's Hidden Message
2009.04.19: City Hall's War Against the Middle Class
2009.04.17: The Poverty of Ideas and Politics of Poor Jack Weiss
2009.04.16: After the Tea Party: A Little Uplift and Some Laughs
2009.04.15: Antonio's State of the City: Can't We All Get Along -- It's Now or Never
2009.04.14: Water Conservation: The More You Pay, the Less You Get -- DWP Gets the Money, You Get the Bill
2009.04.13: CONFLICTED: Jonathan Parfrey as DWP Commissioner and Green LA Leader
2009.04.13: Contempt for Voters: DWP, Mayor Ignore Rejection of Measure B
2009.04.12: Spinning Antonio: Is the Mayor Tough Enough to Turn LA -- or Himself -- Around
2009.04.10: Antonio's Song and Dance, Part Two: "It's All About Me"
2009.04.09: Naked City: Dirty Deals and
2009.04.08: WATER UPDATE: Council Rejects Rate Hike -- For Now
2009.04.08: ACTION ALERT: Hosing the Public: The Mad Rush to Hike Water Rates Again
2009.04.07: Antonio's Song and Dance -- Money, Money, Money
2009.04.06: Real Solar Energy Efforts and the DWP's Dirty Little Deal with the IBEW
2009.04.05: A Year Without a Newspaper -- The Best Year of My Life
2009.04.03: News of Note for a Sunny Weekend...
2009.04.02: Scandal City: Betraying Kids, Ripping off the Public, Going Broke . . . LA's Bad Karma
2009.04.01: Whodunit Chapter 14: Who's Killing My Neighborhood
2009.04.01: Save David Nahai's Job -- "Greenwashers" Rally for Their Pal, Not for the Environmental Cause
2009.03.31: A Call for Open and Transparent Government in LA
2009.03.30: Thus Spake Brian D'Arcy: Nahai's Kiss of Death
2009.03.27: NAKED CITY: Same Old, Same Old . . . Worn-out Story of LA Public Policy Failures
2009.03.26: Money, Power and Green Energy -- Which Way for the Environmental Movement?
2009.03.25: Urban Farming -- An Idea Whose Time Has Come
2009.03.23: Measure B, the Aftermath: Antonio the Salesman or the Sellout?
2009.03.23: UPDATE: Brian D'Arcy
2009.03.21: Measure B, the Aftermath: D'Arcy, the Bully on a Power Trip
2009.03.21: Measure B, the Aftermath: Nahai's Super Ego and the Role of Fall Guy
2009.03.19: We Beat City Hall -- We Can Change LA Working Together, Yes We Can
2009.03.18: BILLBOARD UPDATE: Talk, Talk, Talk...No Decision
2009.03.17: Bruno, the L.A Watchdog: Your Tax Dollars at Work, Perrier at City Hall
2009.03.17: DWP Monopoly or Nothing: IBEW Union Bosses Reject Working Together for Solar Energy
2009.03.17: Billboard Update: City Held in Contempt
2009.03.16: ACTION ALERT: Fight the Proposed Billboard Ordinance
2009.03.16: Jane Usher Speaks Out on Billboard Blight
2009.03.14: Dishonoring Our Military Veterans
2009.03.13: Bright Lights, Big Cities, Billboard Blight
2009.03.12: Wendy Greuel Loves You, Needs You, Hears You...
2009.03.11: Special Report: The Washington Junket with Antonio
2009.03.11: Voter Outcry over Measure B Gets Heard (by some) at City Hall
2009.03.10: Eli Broad: "I would like to see our foundation and others join together to own the LA Times."
2009.03.10: Bankrupt City: Special Event Giveaways Go On and On to churches, temples, runners, "dykes"...
2009.03.09: Changing L.A. Part Two: Opportunity and Challenge -- Billboards, Budget and B.S
2009.03.08: Changing L.A. Part One: Opportunity and Challenge -- The Campaign Against Measure B
2009.03.06: How Antonio Politicized and Corrupted City Hall
2009.03.05: L.A.'s Great Divide: For Richer, For Poorer -- The Failure of Leadership
2009.03.04: Miracle in LA -- City Hall Political Machine Crashes
2009.03.03: It's 7 a.m., Time to Vote - No Measure B, No Jack, No Wendy, No Antonio
2009.03.02: Measure B's Smoking Gun: Antonio Confesses Measure B Is a Payoff to the IBEW
2009.03.02: Seven Reasons Why Jack Weiss Should Not Be Elected City Attorney
2009.03.02: Whatever Happened to Billy the Elephant...
2009.03.01: Yes or No Measure B: Sunday's KNBC News Conference Debate
2009.03.01: And Now a Few Election Words from Jane Usher...
2009.02.28: The Election Nobody Was Supposed to Care About
2009.02.27: Jack Weiss Running Third, Measure B Too Close to Call -- Panic at City Hall
2009.02.26: LA Weekly Blockbuster: Wretched Excess at City Hall
2009.02.26: LA Times: Vote no on Charter Amendment B
2009.02.25: We Can Defeat Measure B: Top 10 Reasons to Vote NO
2009.02.24: Apathy, Defeatism and the Solar-At-Any-Price Argument for Appeasement
2009.02.22: Daily News, Green Party Oppose Measure B; Laborers Union Members Confront DWP Officials
2009.02.21: All Hands Aboard: Volunteer to Stop Measure B So We Can Get Solar Energy Faster, Cheaper, Better
2009.02.20: McIntyre's Election Eve Party to Take Back LA
2009.02.20: Where Do the CD5 Candidates Stand on Measure B
2009.02.20: America''s Top 25 Solar Cities -- LA Is Off the Map
2009.02.20: Nick vs. Wendy: The Measure B Watchdog Debate
2009.02.19: LA, Valley Chamber of Commerce Leaders United Against Measure B
2009.02.19: Whodunit Chapter 13: Who's Killing My Neighborhood
2009.02.18: Rosendahl's Forum: The Case Against Measure B
2009.02.18: Doing Solar Right: Buyers Coop Invades LA Offering Up To 70% Savings on Home Units
2009.02.18: Lopez Talks to Jane Usher, KNBC Covers Solar Debate...Did You Know There's an Election in LA?
2009.02.16: Walter Moore's Apology: Defending Billboard Fraud
2009.02.16: Opposition to Measure B Soars
2009.02.15: Welcome to OurLA.org -- Coming Soon the News, Information and Networking Site for LA
2009.02.15: LA Times strongly endorses Trutanich, tepidly backs Greuel
2009.02.13: Politicizing the LAPD: Bratton's Ad for Villaraigosa
2009.02.13: L.A. at the Tipping Point: A Call for Change
2009.02.12: Jack Humphreville Nails Measure B on Ch. 35 Video
2009.02.12: Oops, SCE's Huge Solar Thermal Deal Shows Measure B Is Nothing But a Big Lie
2009.02.12: B.S. and Bungling: Today's Clean Energy Report
2009.02.11: Why Is Everybody Always Picking on Jack Weiss?
2009.02.11: Ho Hum: Arnold, Legislative Leaders Cut Budget Deal
2009.02.11: Point/Counterpoint on Measure B: Who Do You Trust?
2009.02.10: Cardenas Burns Baffled DWP Officials by Asking for Honesty
2009.02.09: Antonio: "I'm not going to make a promise I can't keep."
2009.02.09: Who Knows? Who Knows? Another Measure B Mystery
2009.02.09: Antonio seeks Water Conservation Measures -- Finally
2009.02.08: DWP Head Nahai Rests His Case for Measure B on Data He's Never Seen
2009.02.08: Knocking Down City Hall Fences -- and Nonsense
2009.02.06: Valley Vote Leader: 'Measure B Is Irresponsible'
2009.02.06: LAUSD (finally) Going Solar -- DWP Pays the Bill for Its Past Crimes
2009.02.04: Bruno, the L.A Watchdog: Sand in Your Ice Cream???
2009.02.04: Freeman vs. McIntyre: Hot Air on Solar Power
2009.02.03: One-Dollar-a-month for Solar? Put It in Writing and We'll All Sign Up for Long-term Contracts
2009.02.02: Laugh Du Jour: Antonio's Touting His Record in Governor's Race
2009.02.01: What's So Wrong with Putting Los Angeles in the L.A. Times?
2009.01.31: "Private and Confidential" Study Warns Costs of Solar Plan Could Soar, Questions DWP's Planning, Financial Skills
2009.01.30: What's Wrong with Measure B: The Facts
2009.01.29: L.A Times Editorial: Measure B: L.A.'s secret solar plan
2009.01.28: UPDATE: Billy's Learns His Lesson -- It's the Money
2009.01.28: Billy the Elephant Will Never Forget -- and Neither Should We
2009.01.27: Bruno, the L.A Watchdog: Does City Hall Know What It's Doing
2009.01.25: Measure B: Lies, Subterfuges and Obfuscations
2009.01.25: Daily News Editorial on Measure B: In the dark
2009.01.23: The Genius of City Hall Corruption
2009.01.22: Bruno, the L.A Watchdog: "I Weep for L.A."
2009.01.22: What Obama's Demand for Government Transparency Means
2009.01.22: Freedom of Information -- What an Idea!
2009.01.21: Covering Obama: Challenges Facing a Battered Local Media
2009.01.21: If Griffith Park Isn't Worth Protecting, Nothing Is Safe
2009.01.20: The Remaking of America, The Remaking of Los Angeles
2009.01.20: Live Blog: Bob Hertzberg at the Inauguration
2009.01.20: Greig Smith, David Vahedi Join the Opposition to Measure B
2009.01.19: Obama Offers Inspiration to the Nation But Can L.A.'s Leaders Hear the Message?
2009.01.17: A CD5 Activist's Lament: Public Indifference
2009.01.17: Bruno, the L.A. Watchdog: Three Woofs for Bark Obama
2009.01.16: Who Would Believe L.A. Politicians Do Favors for Developers?
2009.01.16: Nick Patsaouras vs. Wendy Greuel: You Can See the Difference and Cast Your Vote
2009.01.16: Given Up for Dead, Las Lomas Rears Its Ugly Head
2009.01.16: We Can Beat Measure B and Elect Responsible City Officials
2009.01.15: L.A.'s Housing Scandal: By the Numbers
2009.01.15: The Force Is With Us: Valley Business Leaders Join the Movement to Defeat Measure B
2009.01.14: Measure B: How To Go Solar Without Corruption
2009.01.13: The Devils Are in the Details ... of Campaign Finance Reports
2009.01.13: Unity among Activists Can Beat Prop. B -- An Open Letter from Jim O'Sullivan
2009.01.12: Bruno, the L.A Watchdog: Free Billy, Lock Up the Council
2009.01.09: Join the Fight Against Prop. B -- The Valley Alliance of Neighborhood Councils Did
2009.01.08: Plaintiff Against Solar 8 Consults for Firm Accused of Fraudulent Overbilling of DWP
2009.01.08: Solar Eight 5, City Hall Political Machine 1 -- Ordinary People Win
2009.01.07: Home Depot Signs Off on Sunland-Tujunga
2009.01.07: Bruno, the L.A Watchdog: I'm Being Taken for a Ride!
2009.01.07: Can Anybody Spare a Roll of Quarters?
2009.01.06: Home Depot Drops Lawsuit over Sunland-Tujunga Store
2009.01.06: Smoking Gun on Prop. B: DWP Gets Blank Check, Council Can Change Whole Plan at Any Time
2009.01.05: Bruno, the L.A Watchdog: His Bite Is Worse Than His Bark
2009.01.05: Yes on Prop. B Admits: Give DWP a Monopoly or You Won't Get Solar
2009.01.04: Clean Energy, Clean Government -- Vote No on B
2009.01.01: This Is Our L.A. -- Not Theirs
2008.12.31: The Solar 8: Our Legal Defense
2008.12.29: From the Desert to the Sea, DWP Is the Enemy
2008.12.28: Prop. B Is for Bribery and Blackmail -- Political Power, Not Solar Power
2008.12.27: Forget Ethics Reform:Video Cameras, Bugs and Wiretaps Are the Way to Clean Up City Hall
2008.12.24: Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah
2008.12.24: Sunshine on Solar Fraud: The City Council Debate
2008.12.23: Laura Chick: Chicago-style Politics Hits L.A.
2008.12.22: Scenario for Dictatorship: Los Angeles of, by and for the Special Interests
2008.12.20: L.A.'s Solar Energy Fraud: Is this what President-elect Obama stands for?
2008.12.19: The 'Secret' Solar Plan Document -- 13 reasons Prop. B is a Fraud
2008.12.18: City Hall's Solar Energy Fraud Revealed
2008.12.18: Chick's Bombshell: The Egg's on Janice Hahn's Face
2008.12.18: Money, Money, Money -- Where Has All Our Money Gone?
2008.12.17: Whodunit Chapter Twelve: Who's Killing My Neighborhood
2008.12.17: Put This on a Digital Billboard: Council Knuckles Under to Public Anger -- for Now
2008.12.16: Showdown at City Hall: Billboard Blight or Moratorium
2008.12.15: Stick 'Em Up: City Hall Is Robbing You Blind
2008.12.15: A Quiet Death for the Massive Las Lomas Project
2008.12.15: Antonio's "Green" Machine -- greenbacks and green backers for flawed solar energy plan
2008.12.14: Fire Aftermath: Tales of Two Mobile Home Parks
2008.12.13: This Is The Week That Was On RonKayeLA.com
2008.12.13: Freezing Out the Public: The Curious Goings-on at the L.A. Housing Authority
2008.12.12: Changing L.A.: Chick and Austin Carry on the Fight
2008.12.12: The Tight Little World of City Hall: Jane Usher Replaced by Henry Cisneros' son-in-law
2008.12.12: SCANDAL AT CITY HALL: Pay-to-Play Deals on Digital Billboards
2008.12.11: Jane Usher Out as Planning Commission Head
2008.12.11: Accountability in L.A.: Meet the Fall Guy for the Metrolink Train Crash Tragedy
2008.12.10: Bjagojevich Breakthrough: Selling Public Offices Outright
2008.12.09: Bruno the L.A Watchdog: Welcome to the Doghouse, Ben
2008.12.09: L.A.'s 'Elephantastic' Debate: Follow the Money
2008.12.08: Newspapers: The Final Solution
2008.12.07: URGENT: Tribune Co. Hires Bankruptcy Advisers
2008.12.07: Vote "No" on Prop. B -- The Solar Energy Fraud
2008.12.05: City Planners Say "No" to Home Depot -- Full environmental study required
2008.12.05: Dept. of No Comment: Merry Xmas from Antonio & Britney
2008.12.04: Antonio Gives New Meaning to "Weak Mayor"
2008.12.03: Pachyderm and Public Access Paralysis -- City Council Still Can't Decide What To Do
2008.12.03: Is L.A. Live Dead? Is it a Waste of Your Money? Is It Bad for L.A.?
2008.12.03: State Board of Accountancy: Watchdog or Lapdog?
2008.12.02: 63 Questions Antonio Villaraigosa Doesn't Want to Answer
2008.12.02: Bye, Bye, Admiral -- It's been good to know you but we need another fallguy for LAUSD's failure
2008.12.01: Valley GOP Leader: Come to Grips with Obama
2008.12.01: Bruno: L.A.'s New Watchdog on City Hall
2008.11.24: Read This and Weep: The City of L.A. Is Worse Than a Slumlord
2008.11.23: 100 Days to Change L.A. -- The Jack Weiss Story
2008.11.21: DWP Commission gets a new head in time for a March ballot fight over solar energy plan
2008.11.21: Breaking Point: Taxes, Cuts or Bankruptcy
2008.11.20: Why Can't Antonio Be More Like ... Mayor Bloomberg
2008.11.20: Captive City: The Charade of Democracy in L.A. -- Put That Up on a Digital Billboard
2008.11.20: Sign of the Times: Art Bubble Bursts, Broad Goes His Own Way, NYT gets scoop
2008.11.19: L.A. Zoo Story: Save Billy the Elephant, Save L.A.
2008.11.19: UPDATE: Mobile Home Park Safety
2008.11.18: UPDATE: Chick vs. Delgadillo
2008.11.18: Taxes on 911 Emergencies and Ambulances -- City Hall Wants Your Last Dollar
2008.11.18: Chick Won't Take No for an Answer: Subpoenas Sought for City Attorney Staff
2008.11.18: Broken Promises and Failed Policies -- Mobile Home Owners Pay the Bills
2008.11.16: "We're going to rebuild, make no mistake" -- Mayor Villaraigosa
2008.11.14:
2008.11.14: City Hall Under Siege: Community Action, Lawsuits, Advocacy...Momentum Grows for Change
2008.11.13: Whodunit Chapter Eleven: Who's Killing My Neighborhood
2008.11.13: Nobody's Laughing at DWP's Funny Games
2008.11.12: Darkness at City Hall: What Are They Afraid of?
2008.11.11: Say It Ain't So, Nearly Final Unofficial Tally: Beverly Hilton Project Winning by 16 votes
2008.11.11: UPDATE: Community College Trustees Reap Rewards
2008.11.10: Don't Miss This: Nick Patsaouras on 'Which Way, L.A.?' on City Hall's Outrageous Solar Energy Bond Issue Proposal
2008.11.10: Pay-to-Play Becomes Politics as Usual in L.A.
2008.11.09: Dear Antonio: Be Like Barack
2008.11.08: L.A. Zoo Story: Elephants, Golfers and Mistrust of City Hall
2008.11.07: Here Comes the Sun -- You're About To Get Burned
2008.11.07: Say It Ain't So, Rick Caruso -- Developer Won't Run for Mayor
2008.11.06: Elephants to Roam Free on Harding Golf Course? LaBonge Quip Gets Him in Deep Zoo-doo!
2008.11.06: You liked the half-cent sales tax for transportation so much so try this: Arnold wants a 1.5 percent hike for the state
2008.11.06: Extra! Extra! Read All About It -- Last Newspaper, Souvenir Edition
2008.11.05: Whodunit Chapter Ten: Who's Killing My Neighborhood?
2008.11.05: Whodunit Chapter Nine: Who's Killing My Neighborhood?
2008.11.05: City Hall's Mad Rush to a Solar-Powered Scandal
2008.11.05: A Bloodless Revolution...the Morning After
2008.11.04: Thoughts on Election Day and Beyond...
2008.11.03: Why We Need City Hall Watchdogs...
2008.11.03: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.11.01: Why Is Chief Bill Bratton City Hall's Only Salesman for Higher Taxes?
2008.10.31: Menace on the Streets: Not Gangs or Potholes, L.A. Cracks Down on Cactus on People's Lawns
2008.10.31: Lesson in Grassroots Democracy: Council District 5
2008.10.30: Save Griffith Park: Activists Win Key Support for Protections Against Development
2008.10.30: Priming the Pump for Poverty Programs
2008.10.29: A Few Hours of Democracy in L.A. -- Signs of Life among the Living Dead
2008.10.29: UPDATE: Rape Kits Backlog
2008.10.29: UNFORGETTABLE: "When I put my word to it, you can take it to the bank."
2008.10.28: Beverly Hills for Sale: No Offers Refused
2008.10.28: The Fear Factor: No More Mr. Nice Guy
2008.10.27: NEWS FLASH: Nick Patsaouras Will Run for City Controller
2008.10.27: DWP Even Rips Off Other Government Agencies -- Ratepayers on Hook for $160 Million in Overcharges
2008.10.27: Ex-Chief Gates Blames Politics for Gutting Enforcement of Special Order 40 Against Gang Members
2008.10.27: Do we care more about chickens and elephants than ourselves?
2008.10.24: Whodunit Chapter Eight: Who's killing my neighborhood?
2008.10.23: The DWP Loves You and Cares for You ... That's Why It Gives Away Your Money in Sweetheart Contracts and Backroom Deals
2008.10.22: Antonio's Folly: Small Cuts for a Big Deficit
2008.10.21: A Victory in the Fight to Save Griffith Park
2008.10.21: City Council Blows Smoke on Prop. 11 Redistricting Measure
2008.10.20: Echo Park Cell Phone Towers: A lesson in second-class citizenship
2008.10.20: 7,000 Untested Rape Kits: A letter to Controller Laura Chick
2008.10.20: Fingerpointing in LAPD's Fingerprint Scandal Independent prosecutor needed to find truth about botched investigations
2008.10.18: Echo Park Named "One of America's Great Neighborhoods" -- So Why Would City Hall destroy it?
2008.10.18: The Hills are on Fire: A first-person account
2008.10.18: Unhappy with the direction L.A.'s going? Do something about it, run for office
2008.10.17: Billboard Scandal: A Bill of Indictment
2008.10.16: "The Wrath of the People Becomes the Voice of God"
2008.10.16: CalPERS bungles investments, loses $70 billion...where's the outcry, where's the press?
2008.10.15: Meet Bill Delvac -- top City Hall Lobbyist -- and see how he combats community activists
2008.10.15: Let the sun shine in on DWP's dirty little solar deal
2008.10.14: Horse Lovers: How the "Family" of Owners and Volunteers Came Together When the Fires Erupted
2008.10.14: UPDATE: Fires at Mobile Home Parks
2008.10.14: Nature takes developers' side in mobile home wars -- fires destroy trailer parks in North Valley
2008.10.14: Why is everybody picking on Antonio?
2008.10.13: Sign of things to come: Fire drives thousands from Valley homes
2008.10.13: City Hall and the death of democracy
2008.10.11: A newsman who became a cop: Brent Hopkins
2008.10.11: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.10.10: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.10.10: Commissioner Wally Knox: Apologist for the DWP in his own words
2008.10.09: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.10.09: Taxpayer timebomb: Unfunded public employee pensions
2008.10.08: UPDATE: State budget crisis worsens, can city and county be far behind?
2008.10.08: Is this how to remove blight and make Panorama City healthy again?
2008.10.08: UPDATE PROP. R -- MTA tax tactics
2008.10.08: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.10.07: Showdown at the DWP -- the public interest lives to fight another day for a Ratepayer Advocate
2008.10.07: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.10.06: Breach in City Hall's 'circle of deceit': Judge demands transparency in agendas
2008.10.06: LAUSD's $7 billion bond issue flunks everybody's test
2008.10.06: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.10.05: WEEKEND UPDATE: Saving L.A. Project Town Hall Meeting
2008.10.03: Ho hum, City Hall's so corrupt that insiders can get away with anything
2008.10.03: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.10.02: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.10.02: Why is traffic so bad in L.A.? Because driving and parking is too cheap
2008.10.01: Here she comes, America's hottest new celebrity -- no, not Tina Fey
2008.10.01: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.09.30: So long LAUSD, we'll hardly miss you -- charters breaking up failing district one school at a time
2008.09.30: Antonio speaks loudly but carries little stick to L.A.'s anti-bailout members of Congress
2008.09.29: Viral bankruptcy: Today it's Congress, Tomorrow the nation...and all I can think about is me, me, me
2008.09.28: UPDATE: MTA kills $4.2 million marketing campaign for Measure R tax hike
2008.09.28: One of 1,000 reasons neighborhoods deserve respect: Chatsworth
2008.09.28: Fewer teachers, more bureaucrats -- That's the LAUSD solution to our failing public schools
2008.09.26: Like a dream come true: Solving L.A. traffic and transit problems for $25 a year each
2008.09.26: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.09.25: URGENT UPDATE: Appeals Court upholds Prop. R as legal
2008.09.24: Whodunit Chapter Seven: Who's killing my neighborhood?
2008.09.24: Antonio. The Game: How really green is L.A.?
2008.09.24: Banks bailout fallout: Higher water and power rates in L.A.
2008.09.23: ANTONIO, The Game: Saving L.A. or ruining it?
2008.09.23: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.09.22: Jack Weiss victimized by political dirty trick
2008.09.22: Antonio's swindle: Desperate mayor claims credit for 24-year-old traffic signal program
2008.09.22: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.09.20: Step One: How to Save L.A.
2008.09.20: Safety Last: How can transit on the cheap cost so much and achieve so little?
2008.09.19: Tom LaBonge answers the Griffith Park question: "I do not endorse any development plans in the park"
2008.09.19: The Last Straw: Higher taxes, rates and fees -- and 6 percent raises for DWP workers
2008.09.18: Does it cost too much for DWP to hire a ratepayers' advocate?
2008.09.18: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.09.17: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.09.16: Public Enemy No. 1 -- Stop Jack Weiss
2008.09.16: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.09.15: What I believe
2008.09.12: City Hall's political machine gives the public lip service -- not respect
2008.09.12: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.09.11: Who owns L.A.: Judge for yourself from the great Convention Center billboard farce
2008.09.11: Sometimes I think reader comments are the best part of the blog, here's two good ones:
2008.09.11: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.09.10: Save the Southwest Museum -- will the City Council listen to the pleas of the community
2008.09.10: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.09.10: Help Save Griffith Park -- Here's How:
2008.09.09: UPDATE: Council committee backs down on Neighborhood Council disclosure
2008.09.09: No Reprieve: Bumbling bureaucrats win out on Sepulveda Pass traffic jam plan
2008.09.09: Troubled L.A. Housing Authority cooked the books -- again; this time by $27 million
2008.09.09: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.09.08: UPDATE: Sepulveda Pass traffic alert canceled
2008.09.08: The Saving L.A. Project (SLAP) mobilizes on key issues that protect community interests and taxpayer dollars
2008.09.07: TRAFFIC ALERT (the 8-week Sepulveda Blvd. lane closure they forgot to tell anyone about
2008.09.07: Wonder where your trash fees are going? Cops? Better services? Don't be silly...it's a PR ripoff
2008.09.05: Water Wars: Long Beach trounces L.A. in conservation (where only homeowners are using less)
2008.09.04: Why is Greig Smith of all people treating us like fools?
2008.09.04: California Dreaming -- it's becoming a political nightmare
2008.09.03: For richer, for poorer: What ever happened to L.A.'s middle class
2008.09.03: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.09.02: Call off the dogs -- Chick refuses to attend illegal closed door City Council meeting
2008.09.01: A city without shame: Lobbyists aren't the problem -- corrupt city officials are
2008.08.31: Bruno's stupid dog trick: Turning on and off the pool pump
2008.08.30: They break the law with impunity, they are cowards and bullies, they treat the public with contempt...Who are they?
2008.08.29: City Hall has lost its way and betrayed the public trust: Sunland-Tujunga vs. Home Depot
2008.08.29: UPDATE: Antonio rescues Labor Day Weekend travelers
2008.08.29: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.28: Something's fishy when Clear Channel backs down on an electronic billboard application
2008.08.28: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.27: Right under Antonio's radar, Airport officials are hiring PR firms
2008.08.27: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.26: Clinton delegate attacks Obama fan Laura Chick
2008.08.26: Measure R and the law: If you don't like City Hall corruption, you better do something about it
2008.08.26: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.25: UPDATE: South Central Farm activists claim major victory
2008.08.25: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.22: Wannabe City Attorney Jack Weiss blames the media for his ineffectiveness
2008.08.22: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.21: The Death of Los Angeles: The Southwest Museum Story
2008.08.20: The Press vs. The Blogs: Who will win?
2008.08.20: Caprice Young leaves charter school movement to join Milken education company
2008.08.20: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.19: Let's count the ways City Hall fails us -- or maybe spay and neuter our elected officials
2008.08.19: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.18: LAPD's worst outrage since Daryl Gates' heyday
2008.08.18: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.16: Utter contempt: How the Council deliberately kept the public waiting four hours to speak
2008.08.15: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.14: Trump bails out poor from foreclosure -- poor Ed McMahon
2008.08.14: Welcome to the Valley Speedway -- Your tax dollars at work
2008.08.14: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.13: UPDATE: Council steamrolls community opposition to Housing Element
2008.08.13: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.12: A blueprint for disaster -- Council set to give green light to over-development
2008.08.12: Whodunit Chapter Six: Who's killing my neighborhood?
2008.08.12: Connect the dots...and see how Antonio and City Hall sell you out
2008.08.12: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.11: The blood is on City Hall's hands the next time an illegal immigrant gangster kills someone
2008.08.11: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.10: Gangs Rule while the City Council polices fatties
2008.08.10: Whodunit Chapter Five: Who's killing my neighborhood?
2008.08.09: Living large with flair at home and abroad --- What in the world is Antonio doing for you?
2008.08.08: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.07: City Hall backs down on another dirty DWP deal
2008.08.07: Bye, Bye Nahai: How Antonio's attempt to politicize the DWP went wrong
2008.08.07: Weiss can run but he can't hide from Jamiel's Law -- protest is a wakeup call to City Hall
2008.08.07: DWP UPDATE: Nahai's a day late and $152,000 short
2008.08.07: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.06: Weiss wilts: With Jamiel's protest set for Thursday, wannabe City Attorney agrees to hold hearing -- in October
2008.08.06: Antonovich to Villaraigosa: Take a hike on transit tax
2008.08.06: A City Attorney candidate who wants to get tough on gangs and illegal immigrant criminals...No, not Jack Weiss
2008.08.06: The LAPD's and City Hall's blind spot on illegal immigrant gangsters
2008.08.06: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.05: Surprise, surprise: County supervises nix transit tax
2008.08.05: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.04: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.08.04: Dept. of Unintended Consequences: Golf fees and the Gang Tax
2008.08.03: Report on SLAP organizing meeting on Saturday Aug. 2
2008.08.03: Video report: Saving L.A. Project's Aug. 2 organizational meeting in Glassell Park
2008.08.01: Times has (another) skinback on a Chuck Phillips story: See page B3
2008.08.01: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.07.31: The ultimate back room deal: LAUSD's new $7 billion bond provides money for everyone but the kids and teachers
2008.07.31: Antonio takes a dim view of L.A. Harbor's sweetheart contracts with P.R. firm
2008.07.31: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.07.30: Something you need to read and think about
2008.07.30: My funny life in a three-minute video
2008.07.30: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.07.30: Are you better off after eight years of these people? Is L.A. better off?
2008.07.29: EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA!!!! See it for yourself ... Strong Earthquake hits L.A. but $300 million City Hall restoration saves City Council
2008.07.29: GOD WILL GET THEM: STRONG EARTHQUAKE JARS L.A. AS COUNCIL VOTES ON OUTRAGEOUS HIKE IN TRASH FEE
2008.07.29: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.07.29: The commissars of LAUSD are at it again
2008.07.28: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.07.27: An evening under the Stars
2008.07.26: Paparazzi, plastic bags, fast food -- what about gangs
2008.07.25: Where charter schools stand on proposed LAUSD bond
2008.07.24: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.07.24: LIVE BLOGGING FROM MTA BOARD ON TAX HIKE
2008.07.24: PULLING THE PLUG ON LAUSD -- MAY IT REST IN PEACE
2008.07.24: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.07.23: NAKED CITY, a daily news report
2008.07.22: HIGH PRIORITY ALERT: L.A.'s phony city budget set to blow up under state raid on local funds
2008.07.22: Crime against the People: How City Hall trashes the law and wrecks the city
2008.07.22: Naked City, a daily news report
2008.07.21: Naked City, a daily news report
2008.07.20: Sandra Tsing Loh and Doug McIntyre at the Bastille Day rally
2008.07.20: The Naked City, a daily news report
2008.07.19: A day of service -- and of self-service
2008.07.18: Bastille Day Rally on Video: Ron's remarks
2008.07.18: Wasting water, wasting fuel, wasting your money -- there's different rules for different folks
2008.07.17: Advertisements for himself: How Antonio fixed the schools, gridlock, gangs and saved L.A.
2008.07.16: They're using that dirty word NIMBY again to discredit people who want to make things better
2008.07.15: "We have met the enemy and he is us."
2008.07.15: Internet-driven rally vs. Decline of L.A. Times: Who wins?
2008.07.14: Reviving the Spirit of L.A.
2008.07.14: Bastille Day rally: How it was covered by the media
2008.07.13: Can we talk, really talk? Can we figure out who we are and where we're going together?
2008.07.13: Liberty...Fraternity...Equality
2008.07.12: Another Mother's View: We got to go to school to save the schools
2008.07.11: My dream of a great Los Angeles
2008.07.09: Jewish Journal Editor: Take back L.A.
2008.07.09: Writer Sandra Tsing Loh: A mother's view of LAUSD
2008.07.09: L.A. fiddles around while Long Beach breaks records for water conservation
2008.07.08: Forget, forgive: Sugar-coating a sweetheart deal
2008.07.08: And now for a kind word about a city program...
2008.07.07: UPDATE WHODUNIT: CHAPTER FOUR
2008.07.06: L.A.'s war against the people: Golfers, cyclists and you
2008.07.06: Whodunit Chapter Four: Who's killing my neighborhood?
2008.07.05: Come back to LAUSD and make a difference
2008.07.05: Read about the Bastille Day rally in Steve Lopez's column Sunday
2008.07.04: What is America to me
2008.07.03: Whodunit Chapter Three: Who's killing my neighborhood?
2008.07.02: Life without a newspaper...can smaller be better?
2008.07.02: City of Limits: When is enough enough?
2008.07.01: Whodunit Chapter Two: Who's killing my neighborhood?
2008.07.01: Hands free crackdown under way
2008.07.01: Ron's whodunit: Who's killing my neighborhood?
2008.06.30: And the Antonio sells L.A. contest winner is...
2008.06.30: Home Depot Update: City treats activists like criminals
2008.06.30: Media, politics and the conspiracy of consciousness
2008.06.29: Join the Saving L.A. Protest on Bastille Day
2008.06.28: Beating DWP's dead horse: New report again claims "all" water met "all" safety standards
2008.06.27: Bastille Day protest leader finds the bottleneck of the week
2008.06.27: Take Back L.A. -- Demand A Great City
2008.06.26: Why rats -- vermin and human -- are so happy in L.A.
2008.06.25: Oops, there goes the rest of your income tax rebate -- Antonio joins the orchestrated chorus for transportation tax hike
2008.06.25: WATER WASTERS UPDATE: Nahai is the king
2008.06.24: Nahai: The gardener did it -- or why you should drink toilet water
2008.06.24: Uncritically observed: David Nahai, the man who walks on water -- and power
2008.06.22: Win five double-doubles...Guess how much Antonio's raised for his re-election campaign
2008.06.21: "Some small town in the desert somewhere"
2008.06.20: Deciphering the Times: How a ripoff of the public is made to read like an act of taxpayer generosity
2008.06.19: Keeping score: Home Depot vs. Sunland-Tujunga
2008.06.19: DWP's latest sucker punch to the public's pockets
2008.06.18: LAUSD defends issuing school site permit to Home Depot
2008.06.17: The "broken sidewalk" theory of L.A. apathy and alienation
2008.06.17: On the inequality of "access" to government
2008.06.14: A S.L.A.P. (Saving L.A. Protest) in City Hall's face
2008.06.13: Did Superintendent Brewer's office misinform Julie Korenstein? Here's the law...
2008.06.13: Department of No Comment: School Board Member Julie Korenstein speaks
2008.06.12: LAUSD wins the Chutzpah Award
2008.06.12: What would you do for $280,000 a year in salary?
2008.06.11: How safe is L.A.'s water? New questions ...
2008.06.11: Something to love about L.A.
2008.06.10: Reading between the lines...Inside City Hall's deceits
2008.06.10: The last days of the LAUSD
2008.06.10: The decline and fall of L.A.
2008.06.09: Join the L.A. Tea Party ... stand up for democracy
2008.06.06: Bring Your Gripes to City Hall
2008.06.05: If you care about Ron Kaye, please read this post!
2008.06.05: L.A.'s garbage policy fails the smell test
2008.06.04: Acts of civil disobedience may be the only way to change L.A.
2008.06.03: It's grueling (Wendy Greuel-ing) to run citywide in L.A.
2008.06.03: Payday for Pals: What your DWP rate hikes buy
2008.06.02: Community unity grows from the seeds of discontent
2008.06.01: Chicago vs. L.A. -- When corruption works and when it doesn't
2008.05.31: Rotten excesses of L.A.'s political aristocrats
2008.05.30: Why not the best for L.A. kids?
2008.05.29: EXCLUSIVE: D.A. Cooley goes soft on Jessica's Law -- deal cut to ignore retroactivity enforced by other prosecutors against sexual predators
2008.05.29: Michigan is looking better all the time
2008.05.28: It was meant to be -- Judge James K. Hahn
2008.05.28: Confessions of a duffer ... and why the city can't pay its bills
2008.05.27: The tail that wags the City Hall dog: 80 % of dogs unlicensed
2008.05.26: AB 212 and the small and funny world of Felipe Fuentes
2008.05.24: A voice in the crowd...a cry in the darkness
2008.05.24: L.A.'s Scandal Central: The Department of Water and Power
2008.05.23: So many people working hard for a better L.A. ... so much lip service from the politicians
2008.05.22: How dumb do they think we are?
2008.05.21: Come together, right now -- and win the battle for L.A.
2008.05.20: A community activist's view: Watts Gang Task Force is succeeding
2008.05.20: Here's one for Laura Chick: L.A.'s double bogey of poor service and wasted money
2008.05.19: Tips from a community activist: The Power of One
2008.05.18: Can the L.A. Times restore its journalistic credibility?
2008.05.16: A quiet revolution of the silenced majority...
2008.05.15: L.A.'s future secure -- Antonio brings toilet-to-tap water to your home
2008.05.14: Janice, the gangs and the Baghdad in L.A. strategy
2008.05.14: Tips from a community activist
2008.05.13: No. 1 agenda for a better L.A. -- End the LAUSD catastrophe
2008.05.13: Antonio pitches his success story to secessionists
2008.05.12: The high cost of keeping the public ignorant
2008.05.11: If this doesn't make you mad as hell, nothing will
2008.05.09: It makes a difference...
2008.05.08: A month without a newspaper...
2008.05.08: Griffith Park -- endangered by City Hall bungling
2008.05.07: Rocky's school safety plan squeezed by LAUSD's 'dance of the lemons'
2008.05.06: Do you know the roosters in your neighborhood?
2008.05.06: "Ahh Corruption ...... don't you just love it ?"
2008.05.06: What people want from City Hall
2008.05.05: A remembrance of gang killings past ... and a call for action
2008.05.05: Hail, hail, the gangs are all here...
2008.05.03: How many ways there are to love L.A.
2008.05.02: Janice Hahn's gang tattoos
2008.05.01: LAX head Lindsey on a collision course
2008.05.01: Today's May Day rally -- What's your opinion?
2008.04.30: The Rebirth of the First Amendment
2008.04.30: A salute to Beth Barrett: L.A.'s best reporter
2008.04.29: When will they ever learn...
2008.04.28: Your money or your life
2008.04.28: Urban blight and legalized public corruption
2008.04.27: The Home Depot Challenge
2008.04.26: A lesson in empowerment: Sunland-Tujunga vs. Home Depot
2008.04.24: Where in L.A. is the 100th monkey?
2008.04.23: As the sidewalks crumble...Don't tread on City Hall
2008.04.22: Screw the public!
2008.04.21: UPDATE Dumb-da-dumb-dumb: Library fee dropped
2008.04.21: BATTLE FOR LOS ANGELES: Fight of the Week
2008.04.20: Pay more, get less
2008.04.19: Happy Passover to you too, Lloyd
2008.04.18: What is America to me?
2008.04.18: Dumb-da-dumb-dumb
2008.04.17: A day without a newspaper
2008.04.16: Welcome to Ron Kaye L.A.

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Catch Ron on the Kevin James Show on KRLA 870 at 9:30 p.m. this Wednesday night and as a regular commentator on Monday nights NBC's innovative news show "The Filter with Fred Roggin." "The Filter" is broadcast on NBC's Raw Channel 225 at 7:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday with re-broadcasts of the previous night's show starting at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday-Friday on Channel 4. Here's links to latest chats with Kevin James http://tinyurl.com/ybh5fu6 and http://tinyurl.com/yfno96b and http://tinyurl.com/y9fgdm5 and the last two "The Filter" shows where Ron appeared with actress and regular commentator Debra Skelton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXZwzrtlF1E and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCoGofOr07o and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr4NllJ67cM and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otUJ3HQWj0w Here's the recent interview on Off The Presses with Brendan Huffman, Damian Jones and Edward Headington http://www.latalkradio.com/Presses.php

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The Saving LA Project will hold meet this Saturday, Jan. 23, at 10:30 a.m. at the Hollywood Community Center, 6501 Franklin Ave., Hollywood. Organizing SLAP for action, the budget crisis, DWP policies, planning issues, LAUSD are on the agenda. Everyone welcome, sandwiches, easy parking. Don't be a bystander. Get involved and help save LA.

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is the former editor of the Los Angeles Daily News who has become a community activist, helping to found the Saving LA Project. He writes on city issues in Los Angeles and is a frequent speaker at community groups on the need to get informed and involved in the effort to make LA a city of great schools and neighborhoods, a city with a healthy business climate and good jobs, a city where the people are respected and have a seat at the table of power.

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