Tag Archives: Brian D’Arcy

My Sunday Column: Standing up to the town bully — Glendale Just Says ‘No’ to the IBEW and Union Bully Brian D’Arcy

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

The sparse front page of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 website expresses exactly the message Brian D’Arcy wants his members to get: Rotating photos of protesting workers waving “A DEAL IS A DEAL” signs. It also features … Continue reading →

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Here comes the IBEW to pick your pockets: D’Arcy’s Glendale Power Play — My Sunday Column

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

Hold on to your wallets, good folks of Glendale, union boss Brian D’Arcy of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 18 wants to pick your pockets. If you think the piddling water rate hikes of 12% spread out over … Continue reading →

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EXCLUSIVE: Twice Fired DWP Exec Raman Raj Claims Disability, Getting Full $264,000 Salary Six Months Later

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

It started a little over a month ago with a tip that came from inside the Department of Water and Power: Raman Raj is still on DWP payroll. It was hard to believe. Raj was summarily fired as chief operating … Continue reading →

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My Sunday Column in News-Press & Leader: Educating Emily in a changing world

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Emily Gabel-Luddy knows a lot about politics — she has seen how politics works from inside Los Angeles City Hall as a high-ranking planner, and her husband, Bill, is West Coast political director for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. But … Continue reading →

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Jan Perry’s Great Performance Mocking the Bully D’Arcy and Traitor Zine

Posted on December 10, 2010 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: In a letter Thursday to City Council members (antonio-veto.pdf), Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spelled out his reasons for vetoing a March 8 ballot measure that would give the Council the power to fire DWP Commission members and the General … Continue reading →

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Antonio Takes a Stand — Vetoes Council DWP Power Grab

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

Antonio Villaraigosa, presumably after deep soul-searching, suddenly decided Tuesday afternoon to make a stand for good government — his LA Clean Sweep membership card is in the mail. The gift-taking absentee mayor got religion just hours after DWP Commission President … Continue reading →

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Antonio Takes a Stand — Vetoes Council DWP Power Grab

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

Antonio Villaraigosa, presumably after deep soul-searching, suddenly decided Tuesday afternoon to make a stand for good government — his LA Clean Sweep membership card is in the mail. The gift-taking absentee mayor got religion just hours after DWP Commission President … Continue reading →

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A Road Map to True Reform of DWP

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

It’s not too late for the City Council to end the charade of reform. They have until Tuesday to pull the 11 meaningless measures from the March 8 ballot, particularly the three weak and ineffective proposals that will do nothing … Continue reading →

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Voter Fraud, Part Three: The Neverending Scandal of the DWP

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

Nothing can fix what’s wrong with the city’s most important and valuable asset — the Department of Water and Power — until we elect a mayor and other city officials who will stand up to blackmail by union bully Brian … Continue reading →

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Killing Solar Energy Hopes for LA — The Battle to Reform the DWP

Posted on November 12, 2010 by

The problem seriously ignorant people like Tom LaBonge often have is they think everyone is as uninformed and ill-informed as they are and that no one is smart enough to understand what they’re really saying in their torrent of mostly … Continue reading →

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