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Krekorian’s “Cold Day in Hell” Has Arrived – His Blustering Stand over Lawsuit Settlement Costs Taxpayers a Fortune

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

In the rubber-stamp LA City Council, there are posers and phonies, blusterers and know-nothings and then there is Paul Krekorian — the ambitious, articulate chief apologist given to creative use of his lawyer’s mind to defend the indefensible. Back in … Continue reading →

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Laura Chick Jumps into LA Politics with Criticism of City Attorney Trutanich Who Responds Sharply to Her Open Letter

Posted on September 25, 2012 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: The lawsuit between the Controller and City Attorney over authority to audit the operations of other elected officials was ultimately found to be moot by the state appellate court because by the time the trial court ruled against … Continue reading →

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Let’s Talk About Carmen Trutanich: 8 a.m. Thursday on KPFK with Sonali Kolhatkar

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Carmen Trutanich: From ‘People’s Lawyer’ To ’Enemy of the People in Just Three Years’ KPFK (90.7 FM) news and talk host Sonali Kolhatkar invited me to talk about the District Attorney’s race at 8 a.m. Thursday, specifically about the record of … Continue reading →

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Political Bad Karma: Their Past Actions Catch Up with Antonio and Nuch in Media Storylines

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Antonio and the Budget Catastrophe The city budget crisis that has grown in the city budget catastrophe because of City Hall’s wretched leadership finally is found noteworthy today in Jim Newton’s LA Times column. Giving Antonio Villaraigosa credit for “some … Continue reading →

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Impounding the LAPD: No License, Phony Insurance and ID, Not to Worry — This is LA, It’s All OK. To Hell with the Law

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

It took 25 years and hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars — from the PDID police spying scandal to the Rodney King beating to the Rampart scandal to a federal takeover –to reform the Los Angeles Police Department and restore … Continue reading →

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D-Day for LA Police Commission: Is the Law Supreme or Politics When It Comes to Impounding Cars?

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

UPDATE: Confronted with questions raised by the State Legislative Counsel on whether its proposed policy is legal and where City Attorney Carmen Trutanich stands given his conflicted positions, the Police Commission put off a decision Tuesday on a new car … Continue reading →

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Trutanich Sues LA’s Worst Slumlord — Deutsche Bank — for Hundreds of Millions

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

Concluding a long investigation, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich announced today he has sued Deutsche Bank for allowing hundreds of foreclosed properties to fall into serious disrepair even as it worked to illegally evict of hundreds of low-income tenants. The bank’s … Continue reading →

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Historic Breakthrough: Council Bans ‘Stupid, Ignorant, Uninformed’ Votes

Posted on June 27, 2010 by

The issue was SB 1168 — City Attorney Carmen Trutanich’s effort to get legislative authority to issue subpoenas and impanel a grand jury so his office can investigate misdemeanors. Under the City Charter, the City Attorney — the city’s chief … Continue reading →

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Thanks, Nuch — Appeals Court Upholds LA’s Supergraphic and Freeway-Facing Sign Bans

Posted on May 26, 2010 by

A year ago, LA was in the unpleasant position of having opened the floodgates to digital billboards, supergraphics and freeway-facing signs. There were 11,000 off-site billboards, more than a third illegal, and visual blight from signage was everywhere — the … Continue reading →

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Here’s How to End Corruption and Clean Out the Crooks at City Hall

Posted on May 23, 2010 by

When Jan Perry is good, she is very, very good like when she took on the corruption and incompetence at the DWP and stood up for transparency and the public interest. But when she is bad, she is very, very … Continue reading →

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