Category Archives: Naked City

Short takes on a busy day: Struggling to raise money to buy votes for its tax-and-spend ballot measures, City Hall has suddenly awakened to the fact these are tough economic times for most people and the wrong time to be … Continue reading →

Short takes: * You got to love the idea being floated that former Valley state Assemblyman Lloyd Levine will take over as head of the Department of Animal Services when they fire Ed Boks. By City Hall logic, Levine is … Continue reading →

Deja vu all over again, City Hall gets in trouble raiding airport funds Is Ted Stein back at LAX mishandling airport funds to cover up holes in the city budget or does it just seem that way because the feds … Continue reading →

REMINDER: Today’s the day to let DWP commissioners know you support creating a Ratepayer Advocate:ACTION ALERT 1: Contrary to the way the Department of Water and Power treated the public in the past. the utility’s Board of Commission on Tuesday … Continue reading →

Neighborhood Councils vs. Villaraigosa: How come the city is still in the red despite higher rates, taxes and fees? The mayor will have to be at his smooth-talking best Saturday when he meets with hundreds of NC members for Budget … Continue reading →

School days, school days, dear old broken rules days — Antonio wants union, student protections thrown out at his 10 LAUSD schools You got to love life’s little ironies like Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa figuring out one month into the school … Continue reading →

Garcetti sees the light –  angry constituents force to take a second look at giant electronic billboard flashes in their eyes 24 hours a day Besieged by the anger in Silver Lake over a new digital billboard, City Council President … Continue reading →

Metrolink’s tough-sell answer to expected lawsuits: “Our No. 1 concern is the safety of our passengers”Lawyers held two informational meetings yesterday in Simi Valley as the process of rounding up clients to sue over the train collision in Chatsworth last … Continue reading →

Who the hell do you people think you are questioning the mayor of Los Angeles…this isn’t some small town out in the desert somewhere An interesting study by UCLA Law Professor Gary Blasi casts doubt about whether the mayor’s highly-touted … Continue reading →

Echoes of Tennie Pierce – LAPD officer gets a $3.1 million bonus thanks to his bosses’ misconduct For the fifth time in the last three years, retaliation by LAPD brass against officers who report misconduct by their bosses will cost … Continue reading →