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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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The Truth About the Current Farmers Field Proposal — An Analysis by an Economic and Management Expert

Posted on October 6, 2012 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: On the day the City Council closed the deal on Farmers Field without knowing who they were doing business with, Quentin Fleming — author, management consultant and adjunct professor of managerial decision-making and strategic planning at USC’s Marshall … Continue reading →

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AEG MOVIE ACT 4: “LA — Open for Business Or Up for Sale”

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

And the Oscar for political theater goes to … Tim Leiweke, president and CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group for a brilliant performance running circles around LA’s politicians and bureaucrats and bamboozling the public with a fantasy of football, jobs and … Continue reading →

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AEG MOVIE ACT 3: “LA — Open for Business Or Up for Sale”

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

The silence of the sheep was almost deafening throughout the two years of pretend negotiations between City Hall and AEG over an NFL stadium. A handful of activists with various concerns like Joyce Dillard saw it through the whole course … Continue reading →

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AEG Movie Act One: “LA — Open for Business or Up for Sale”

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

The first thing you need to understand about government in America today is that the public story has nothing to do with what is really going on behind the scenes in the political back rooms. That’s why all these politicians … Continue reading →

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Making of the AEG Movie: “Los Angeles — Open for Business or Up for Sale?”

Posted on September 29, 2012 by

Councilwoman Jan Perry’s committee to sell the public on the Farmers Field/Convention Center deal met for the last time Monday to provide the stage for a dress rehearsal before the climax to the show that would come on Friday in … Continue reading →

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The Worst Call in the History of the Game: Bringing the NFL Back to LA — Not the Monday Night Football Farce

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

Of all the lies about Farmers Field that have been told over the last two years — and there have been some whoppers — the biggest by far is how we just gotta bring the NFL back to Los Angeles. … Continue reading →

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LA’s Death Valley: AEG, Leiweke, Farmers Field and Council’s Uncritical Examination of a Deal Without Public Benefits

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

Union uber-boss Maria Elena Durazo told the City Council’s ad hoc Farmer’s Field committee Monday not to worry about Phil Anschutz cashing in on the billion-dollar-plus gift of entitlements he’s getting from City Hall because “extraordinary trust exists between AEG, … Continue reading →

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Hoodwinked at City Hall or Co-conspirators? AEG Selling Out to Profit from Stadium Deal; LA Only Gets the Bills

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

“This was always part of the game plan. It’s the right time for Mr. Anschutz to find an exit strategy.” — Tim Leiweke, CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group, on the global sports and entertainment company being put up for sale … Continue reading →

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Controller Zine? Doesn’t the City’s Chief Accountant/Auditor Need to Pass 2nd Grade Arithmetic and Count to 10?

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

It should come as no surprise to anyone who has ever paid any attention to the mad rush to approve the massive investment of public resources and land in a football stadium and white elephant Convention Center that the process … Continue reading →

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