Tag Archives: Burbank

Happy Days Are Here Again for City Treasuries So Bureaucrats Are Padding Their Paychecks

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Here we go again — at the first sign of recovery from the worst recession since the Great Depression, government officials are gearing up to line their pockets with taxpayer money. The Burbank City Council took the lead last week … Continue reading →

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Burbank Joins the Parade: Few Questions Asked Before Approving Elite French School Selling Tax-Free Bonds

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

Merci beaucoup, Burbank! Call me naïve (I only studied French for a year), but I have a hard time understanding why the Burbank City Council last month approved a private school — Lycee International de Los Angeles — using the … Continue reading →

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It’ll be hell to pay when the bills come due — My Sunday Column

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been through a lot in my life and I’ve never seen anything like this — and it isn’t at all like seeing an elephant fly. Our elected officials must think we are all … Continue reading →

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A community of scale — and how ordinary people changed something for the better

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: This column started out as a look at Bob Hope Airport’s troubles but I found they were nothing compared to how this important community asset had become a pretty good citizen since ordinary citizens rose up in protest … Continue reading →

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A Thanksgiving celebration of life: My Sunday Column for News-Press & Leader

Posted on November 20, 2011 by

If I had my way, Thanksgiving would become a weeklong holiday at least once a decade — a time to take stock of who and where we are, and where we are going. We would take our heads out of … Continue reading →

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A legislative system gone awry — My Sunday Column for the News-Press & Leader

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

I don’t know how to break this bad news to you, but for all the fun and games our legislators are having in Sacramento these days, the joke is on us — the taxpayers, the residents, workers and students. They … Continue reading →

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“Depending on the kindness of strangers” — My Sunday News-Press & Leader Column

Posted on June 4, 2011 by

In the cynicism of our “Hollywood” mentality, we see all too often that what matters most is who you know, not what you know and who you are. But in the moment-to-moment engagements of our daily lives, it sometimes matters … Continue reading →

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‘We’re at War with Ourselves’ — My Sunday Column for News-Press & Leader

Posted on May 28, 2011 by

All politics is local — even wars halfway around the world in Iraq and Afghanistan. The point comes home with force as we watch our elected officials at every level grapple with a third year of massive budget deficits that … Continue reading →

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My Sunday Column for the Glendale/Burbank News Press & Leader: Making an effort to connect

Posted on May 21, 2011 by

Nobody was ever delusional enough to think Arnold Schwarzenegger was some kind of saint, but the disclosure of his love child with his housekeeper and how she remained part of the family household for a decade shatters what little was … 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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