Tag Archives: bankruptcy

Crime Against the City: Closed Libraries and the City’s Fiddling Leadership

Posted on July 19, 2010 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: At 9:30 a.m. today, fired library workers and their supporters among city employees and ordinary citizens will stage a rally at the Richard J. Riordan Central Library, 5th and Grand, in protest against the policies of the mayor … Continue reading →

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Dogs, Cats, Gang-bangers — and the City Hall Follies

Posted on May 18, 2010 by

This is what we’ve come to: Four million people provide an average of $1,700 each to City Hall for police, fire, paved streets and sidewalks, parks and libraries and other basic services but all they care about is dogs, cats … Continue reading →

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The Great Houdinis of City Hall — The Incredible Vanishing Deficit Trick

Posted on May 15, 2010 by

The Great Houdini was the master of illusion, performing magic tricks like no one before or since, exciting the imaginations of the gullible and even the skeptical by escaping from handcuffs, strait jackets and especially from his “Chinese Water Torture … Continue reading →

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How Sweet It Is — Most Retired City Workers Get 3% More Despite Negative Inflation

Posted on May 14, 2010 by

The bill to taxpayers for city pensions is close to $1 billion this and is expected to go far higher in coming years which is the No.1 reason services are being slashed, assets sold and bankruptcy looms as the only … Continue reading →

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No Excuses: A City Left Dangling in the Wind

Posted on May 11, 2010 by

Let’s be perfectly clear about this: There is nothing the mayor and City Council know today about LA’s dire financial straits that they didn’t know when they cut the sweetheart early retirement and contract deals with city workers, gave raises … Continue reading →

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Dick Riordan’s Fight Is Our Fight

Posted on May 10, 2010 by

In standing up in public and denouncing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as irrelevant and calling out the corruption at City Hall that leaves Los Angeles teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, Dick Riordan has assumed a role that no other prominent … Continue reading →

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The Austin Beutner Show: He’s Got Your Whole World in His Hands

Posted on May 5, 2010 by

If the mayor and City Council had the courage to admit they were incapable of fixing LA, the federal bankruptcy judge probably could find no one better suited to clean up the mess they have made than Austin Beutner. Smart, … Continue reading →

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Failed Leaders, Failing City — They All Must Go

Posted on April 6, 2010 by

“Today we are facing the consequences of the city’s failure to enact the necessary rate increases with Fitch Ratings, a major credit rating agency, withdrawing the DWP’s AA- bond rating, thereby costing the ratepayers more in the long run.” — … Continue reading →

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Would Walter Moore or Zuma Dogg Be a Better Mayor?

Posted on February 19, 2010 by

So it’s come to this: Would we better off if Walter Moore or even Zuma Dogg bad beaten Antonio a year ago? I can say with certainty that we wouldn’t be worse off.Think about it: The Mayor with 10 times … Continue reading →

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LA’s Moment of Truth: Ruin or Resurrection?

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

City unions say they gave back in June, they gave more in September and they’re not going to give back any more. Neighborhood Council members say they too gave back and they have a right under the City Charter and … Continue reading →

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