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March Madness in L.A. — A Soulless City Searches for the Fall Guy for the Farmer’s Field Scandal

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

It’s getting harder every day to tell the players in L.A.’s drama apart — maybe they should wear numbered jerseys at least while they mourn the loss of another National Football League franchise, an unnamed one that joins the Rams … Continue reading →

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Parks to Santana: “Only by Slaughtering ‘Sacred Cows’ Can We Move Forward and Feed a Starving City”

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Councilman Bernard Parks warned back in November that the $216 million to be raised by the Proposition A sales tax increase would “go up in smoke” unless there were safeguards on how it would be spent but he … Continue reading →

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City Hall’s Brand of Socialism: Soak the Working Class with Higher Taxes to Support Millionaire Cops and Firefighters

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: At 5:30 p.m. tonight and again at 10 p.m., KCET’s SoCal Connected will drop another bomb on City Hall’s DROP program — Deferred Retirement Option Plan — that is letting retired cops and firefighters retire one day on … Continue reading →

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City Hall’s Answer to What’s Wrong: Tear Down LA and Give It to AEG to Rebuild and Run as Private Property

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

Just over a year ago, City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana — as honorable as a bureaucrat can be when working for a gang of thieves — presented an overview of the “Proposed Convention Center Renovation & Downtown Event Center Project” … Continue reading →

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A New Deal for L.A. — Road Map for an Efficient, Responsible and Solvent City Government

Posted on March 23, 2011 by

“If you’re not going to vote to extend taxes, you’re not going to vote to cut, you’re not going to vote to do anything to redevelopment, so, what the hell are you going to do? By the way, if you’re … Continue reading →

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LA at the Tipping Point — Running Out Of Money-Saving Tricks

Posted on January 24, 2011 by

The City Council Budget and Finance Committee meets in a “special” meeting at 1:15 p.m. today with only 24-hour notice to discuss CAO Miguel Santana’s latest attempt to mask the depths of the budget crisis with one-time savings. (Budget Meeting.pdf)Santana’s … Continue reading →

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Sound the Alarm: $53 Million Parking Lot Sale in Jeopardy, More Spending Cuts Likely Soon

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

It will only get worse next year — how often have City Hall budget analysts warned about that over the last three years. Well, things just got worse — next year is already here and it’s only the middle of … Continue reading →

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Fiscal Quicksand: City Hall’s Smoke and Mirrors Budgeting

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

The smoke has cleared and the mirrors have cracked exposing how City Hall’s mismanagement and reckless and irresponsible response to the worsening budget crisis has deepened LA’s financial problems. And next year is worse — how often have the mayor … Continue reading →

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Fiscal Quicksand: City Hall’s Smoke and Mirrors Budgeting

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

The smoke has cleared and the mirrors have cracked exposing how City Hall’s mismanagement and reckless and irresponsible response to the worsening budget crisis has deepened LA’s financial problems. And next year is worse — how often have the mayor … Continue reading →

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Budget Quicksand: More Cuts to Parks, Libraries and Other Core Services

Posted on August 18, 2010 by

It took only seven weeks for the LA city budget to blow up.   Imagine that: Thousands of six-figure workers with huge lifetime pensions and health benefits, the nation’s highest paid municipal elected officials with huge staffs and lucrative perks, … Continue reading →

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