Tag Archives: Bill Rosendahl

Utter Contempt: Even Rosendahl Can’t Get Civil Answers to Questions About AEG’s NFL Stadium

Posted on June 20, 2011 by

“We will report at the conclusion of negotiations.” Bill Rosendahl — the only city official who has any qualms about AEG’s brazen downtown NFL stadium proposal — sent three letters asking 38 questions to the top bureaucrats negotiating the specifics … Continue reading →

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A Mockery of Public Process: City Hall Kowtowing to AEG’s Ultimatum on NFL Stadium Approval

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

AEG’s Tim Leiweke issued his ultimatum to the city a week ago: Approve the basic terms of the deal for his downtown NFL stadium with all its tax breaks, massive loans and hidden subsidies by July 31 or its dead. … Continue reading →

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City’s Hall Credibility Gap: Putting a Smiley Face on Hurting Workers, Residents and Businesses

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

. We are not all on the same page in reading the narrative of the state of the City of Los Angeles. We’re not even reading the same book; the gap between the storyline offered by the city’s leadership is … Continue reading →

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LA’s Mayoral Soap Opera: Caruso’s “Nightmare” Aria, Garcetti’s “Smiley Face” Swan Song

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

Billionaire developer Rick Caruso’s opening aria in the mayoral soap opera borrowed heavily from the liturgy of community activists, calling City Hall a “bureaucratic nightmare” led by “political lifers” who are a “roadblock” to progress, killing jobs faster than they’re … Continue reading →

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Fire Station 69 –The Poster Child for LA’s Political Follies and Budget Woes

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

Where else but in a city as badly run as LA would the proposed closure of a fire station in one of the city’s wealthiest communities stir the passions of residents and threaten to unhinge efforts to erase a $457 … Continue reading →

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The High Price of Law and Disorder at City Hall

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

The LA Times today raises questions — finally — about whether massive subsidies and tax rebates for luxury hotels makes any dollars and sense for a city that has so much trouble paying its bills. Toting up the long-term cost … Continue reading →

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W(Rec)k and Parks, The Movie: Starring Barry “Commercial Signs Aren’t Advertising” Sanders

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

Rec and Parks Commission President Barry Sanders insisted to the City Council’s Budget Committee Thursday that plastering every surface in city parks with commercial messages isn’t advertising — it’s “recognition” that they love LA so  much they want to donate … Continue reading →

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The Curious Case of Bill Rosendahl and the Millions of LED Lights

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

It was enough to make our forefathers weep… Here was the city’s political leadership, the fabulous 15 who rule over 4 million people in the entertainment capital of a world of seven billion, cheered on by the business community as … Continue reading →

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Half-Million-Dollar LA Housing Chief Axed — The Right Thing for the Wrong Reasons

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

Rudy Montiel lived like a king in Rancho Cucamonga while the poor people he was supposed to provide decent housing for often lived in squalor in substandard buildings. In his seven-year reign of the perpetually troubled Housing Authority of the … Continue reading →

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City Hall’s Iron Curtain: Disinformation, Misinformation, No Information

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

One of the hallmarks of repressive and failing regimes the world over is their refusal to allow differing points of view to be heard.Los Angeles City Hall is no exception. Of all its crimes, of all the reasons for its … Continue reading →

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