Tag Archives: City Council

Here’s Why It Will Cost $1 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies to Build Hotel Rooms for the Convention Center and Farmers Field

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

On Tuesday in committee, Councilman Bill Rosendahl passionately raised a lot of questions about why it was necessary to give a $67.3 million subsidy to developers of twin Marriott hotels near LA Live where there already is two more luxurious … Continue reading →

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Millions of Tax Dollars to Billionaires: The LA Way — Two More LA Live Hotels To Get Massive Tax Subsidies

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

The Marriott Hotel chain, the nation’s second largest, has a market capitalization of $12.17 billion and makes a profit of $1.6 billion on revenues of more than $14 billion. Family members, descendants of founder J.W. Marriott, own 23 percent of the … Continue reading →

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Darkness at Noon in L.A. — Chilling Freedom of Speech for Cheap Political Advantage Just Like Joe McCarthy

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

My Bar Mitzvah  came four days after attorney Joseph Welch delivered his immortal line on June 9, 1954 at the Army-McCarthy Commie witch hunt hearings. (Full context) “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left … Continue reading →

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The Death of the 1601 N. Vine Project: A Video Tragicomedy about City Hall Corruption and Failure Starring Eric Garcetti

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

It was called the “Cesspool on Vine,” the “Vinegate Scandal,” a “fraud against the people” and the “poster child for all that’s wrong” with Community Redevelopment Agency — the entertainment office project at 1601 N. Vine St. that wannabe mayor … Continue reading →

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Why Your DWP Bills Keeping Going Up and Up — IBEW Salaries Keep Going Up and Up and Away

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Carpenters: DWP $102,732; General Services 65,201; Airport  $82,999; National Average $43,890. Auto Painters: DWP $109,192; Fire Dept. $59,901. Cabinet Makers: DWP $101,840; LAPD $66,449. Garage Attendants: DWP $74,408; Airport $44,309; National Average $21,250. Land-surveying Assistants; DWP $123,433; Public Works $73,009′ … Continue reading →

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Dumb and Dumber and Dumbest – Who Better to Put in Charge of the Charade of the City Council

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

In retrospect, I’m sorry I mocked Eric Garcetti for his pious “Temple of Democracy…stay as long as you need to” phony crap and crucified Dennis Zine – his top fill-in running Council meetings — for being a two-faced, duplicitous, deceitful liar and dissed … Continue reading →

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A Grassroots Call for Honest City Council Districts

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

Editor’s Note: Is it any wonder that residents of Lake View Terrace, Sunland-Tujunga and other areas of the far Northeast San Fernando Valley are up in arms over the draft redistricting maps? Would you want to be represented by Richard … Continue reading →

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A Grieving Father and the Cold Face of Authority: Are Unlicensed Drivers a Threat to Public Safety?

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

EDITORS’S NOTE: Don Rosenberg who emotionally confronted the Police Commission Wednesday night tells the story of how an unlicensed driver killed his son Drew in an article today on CityWatchLA.com. Advocates for illegal immigrants like Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa argue that … Continue reading →

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The Imminent Demise of the Eminent Domain Abusers — The Last Days of CRA Plundering

Posted on January 11, 2012 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: After a long and tortured debate, the City Council voted 9-3 (Garcetti, Alarcon and Reyes opposed) to let the CRA die without the city becoming the successor agency burdened with its huge administrative costs and liabilities. “O death … Continue reading →

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LA Times Gets Tough and Exposes the Bumbling Incompetence of CD 15 Runoff Candidates

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Breaking with its tradition of ducking the real issues, the LA Times Editorial Board dared to push Council District 15 runoff candidates Joe Buscaino and Warren Furutani for solutions to the city’s budget crisis, asking them: “What would you do … Continue reading →

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