Category Archives: Naked City

NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on September 22, 2008 by

California Time Bomb: Watch out for the fallout from a phony state budget and the impact of 873 bills the governor has eight days to act on In the best of times, the legislative process produces a flood of measures … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on September 18, 2008 by

UPDATE: A reliable source close to what’s going on as officials deal with the Chatsworth train collision informs me that situation over the weekend got so out of hand that the PR agency on retainer for crisis communications for Metrolink … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on September 17, 2008 by

Phil Anschutz’ AEG has bought L.A.’s politicians but he’ll have to cough up more to buy the state legislature What do you know: State legislators don’t sell out quite as cheaply as City Hall — not even for the $2.7 … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on September 16, 2008 by

DWP raises rates and then spends your money to deliver 2.4 million CFL bulbs to your home so they can light up the townThat’s right, you pay more and conserve power so City Hall can sell the rights to put … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on September 12, 2008 by

MTA wants to raise fares and taxes — more than legally allowed — so why not spend $4.1 million of your money to get what it wants Even as the mayor and his pals are raising millions from contractors, developers, … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on September 11, 2008 by

Antonio Exposed: “The all-about-me-mayor: Antonio Villaraigosa’s frenetic self-promotion“ Stop reading this now and go to the L.A. Weekly and read Patrick Range McDonald’s devastating takeout on how the mayor spends his time working for himself — not the people. But … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on September 10, 2008 by

The truth comes out about who owns L.A. — Phil Anschutz, who did you think? How’s this for an idea: Let’s sell off signage rights for giant electronic billboards on public property throughout the city and subsidize some massive developments? … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on September 3, 2008 by

Happy days are here again, everything’s perfect in the most perfect of all worlds — how do I know? I read it in the Daily News and the Times ”Nearly 700,000 students head back to Los Angeles Unified classrooms today, and … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on August 29, 2008 by

SEIU makes Labor Day Weekend News: Federal probe, LAX strike and the altruism of public serviceOne of the key elements in news judgment is proximity: Like there’s a murder on the Westside and the Times gets excited so the next … Continue reading →

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NAKED CITY, a daily news report

Posted on August 28, 2008 by

Let’s have a party — millions in small change found lying around City HallIf your house is like mine, there’s little boxes here and there with coins lying around that could add up to enough for a pizza or something … Continue reading →

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