Category Archives: 2013 Election

Don’t Just Sit There, Sound the Alarm — Save L.A., Tell Your Friends and Neighbors: No on A, Yes on James or Perry

Posted on March 3, 2013 by

  View more videos at: http://nbclosangeles.com. It’s in the hands of all of us to stop the political machine from doing more harm to the city and the quality of our lives — we can force them to the table … Continue reading →

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My Sunday Column: Wishing PACs would pack it in — Mike Gatto and the Role of Outside Money in Burbank Elections

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

Just days before Burbank voters went to the polls, Mike Gatto was the star attraction for a Napa Valley retreat at a five-star hotel where, for $5,000 each, guests could schmooze with the assemblyman and four of his legislative pals. … Continue reading →

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Beat the Machine:Don’t Let Special Interests Force You to Pay Higher Taxes to Cover Up City Hall’s Fiscal Failure

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

MEASURE A — SALES TAX INCREASE YES $1.3 MILLION      NO ZERO 104 Special Interest Contributors’ Latest List los-angeles-2013-3-measure-a-funding_20130227   ].

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Trutanich for City Attorney: He’s Bull-headed, Clumsy, Breaks Promises But His Office Is Smart, Well-Run and Effective

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Greg Smith is a smart guy and a tough lawyer — that’s how come he was able to make a fortune whipping the lawyers for L.A. and other cities in the region when they botched the treatment of firefighters and … Continue reading →

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“I Think It’s Time We Get What We Deserve” — Rap Song for “Kevin James for Mayor” by Luke Caldwell

Posted on February 26, 2013 by
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Parks to Santana: “Only by Slaughtering ‘Sacred Cows’ Can We Move Forward and Feed a Starving City”

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Councilman Bernard Parks warned back in November that the $216 million to be raised by the Proposition A sales tax increase would “go up in smoke” unless there were safeguards on how it would be spent but he … Continue reading →

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City Hall’s Brand of Socialism: Soak the Working Class with Higher Taxes to Support Millionaire Cops and Firefighters

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: At 5:30 p.m. tonight and again at 10 p.m., KCET’s SoCal Connected will drop another bomb on City Hall’s DROP program — Deferred Retirement Option Plan — that is letting retired cops and firefighters retire one day on … Continue reading →

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59 Names That Should Live in Infamy: Special Interest Super-PAC Raised $620,200 to Sell Sales Tax Hike to Voters

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

When they talk about the entitlement class, put at the top of the list the unions, lawyers, lobbyists, businesses, real estate and billboard companies that contributed $620,200 to bamboozle the uninformed and gullible into voting for Proposition A, the sales … Continue reading →

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Jack Humphreville Vs. Charlie Beck: Who’s Telling the Truth? Can You Tell the Difference? Do You Know Even What’s Real?

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

Civic leader Jack Humphreville stepped forward to challenge the Proposition A sales tax increase on the March 2013 ballot as he did in questioning massive rate increases by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the outrageous pay … Continue reading →

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VIDEO UPDATE: Jack Humphreville’s One Dozen Reasons Why Herb Wesson’s 9½% Sales Tax is BAD for LA

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

UPDATE: The Daily News joined the Times in opposing Proposition A, the permanent half-cent sales tax increase to temporarily bail out City Hall from its irresponsible fiscal policies. By Jack Humphreville, community leader and author of NO on Prop. A … Continue reading →

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