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Who Killed Patrick Caruthers? Them — or Us?

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

The video above will give you the gist of a story, the teaser to make you pay attention to the full 15-minute movie about the senseless killing of 19-year-old Patrick Caruthers last week  as he sat on a bench in … Continue reading →

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Today’s LA Dirty Deal: Gifting the Coliseum to USC

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the daily swindles of L.A. residents and taxpayers — but there’s still a few hours to protest, maybe even delay, your city, county and state officials giving away one of LA’s most prized … Continue reading →

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The Deafening Silence of the Mayor and LA’s Civic and Business Elite in the Face of Black and Korean Protests

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

The Constitution guarantees our right to vote but it doesn’t protect us from ourselves when we year after year elect incompetent, irresponsible and corrupt officials — even when they rig elections as totally as they are in Los Angeles. Faced … Continue reading →

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Garcetti-style Democracy and the Phantom $300 Million in Savings

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

Doing the job our own media so totally ignores, the New York Times offers a takeout on the travesty of our leadership’s plans for costly subway and rail projects while slashing bus services to the transit dependent.even as we have … Continue reading →

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City Council Report: The Ignorance of Know-it-alls

Posted on June 19, 2010 by

Nobody does know-it-all better than a know-nothing so when you get 15 know-nothings together in a semi-circle and empower them to set policy for four million people in the world’s most mythical city, it’s downright dangerous. The ignorance of one … Continue reading →

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Missing in the Line of Duty: Parks Finks Out

Posted on April 27, 2010 by

I know beloved Chief Daryl Gates was buried Tuesday but the funeral was over at 11 a.m. and the Council convened half an hour later and just before 1 p.m. voted to allow the con job DWP rate increase to … Continue reading →

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Days of Reckoning: Don’t Forgive Them, They Know What They Are Doing

Posted on August 6, 2009 by

Sally Choi put her job on the line Tuesday even in the face of threats and intimidation from City Council members who knew very well that their actions violate both civil and criminal law. The videos below contain evidence that … Continue reading →

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The People’s Hero, Sally Choi: City’s Sweetheart Early Retirement Deal Blowing Up

Posted on August 4, 2009 by

In an extraordinary session two months too late, the City Council was thrown into turmoil Tuesday by facing the facts of the real costs of the sweetheart early retirement deal it offered to city unions. It took Sally Choi, general … Continue reading →

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