Tag Archives: convention center

AEG Movie Act One: “LA — Open for Business or Up for Sale”

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

The first thing you need to understand about government in America today is that the public story has nothing to do with what is really going on behind the scenes in the political back rooms. That’s why all these politicians … 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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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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Leiweke Demands LA’s Unconditional Surrender or Face the Big Chill of an ‘Economic Nuclear Winter for This City’

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Perhaps Tim Leiweke’s NFL team — if he gets one — should be called the “Angelenos” as the email blast he sent out announcing release of the draft EIR promises his football stadium will  benefit “Angelenos 365 days … Continue reading →

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What’s Missing from AEG’s Maxi-Pad Stadium Deal: Study of Alternatives That Might Actually Succeed

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

With City Council members set Thursday to rubber stamp yet another version of AEG’s ever-changing designs (this one mocked as the Maxi-pad version) for its downtown NFL stadium, City Controller candidate Cary Brazeman has proposed a road map for exploring … Continue reading →

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The NFL Calls the Plays for AEG’s Fumbled Downtown Stadium Deal

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Of all the strange plot twists, audacious power plays, ever-changing story line, the strangest one of all is to see the National Football League taking charge of deciding the who, what, where and when of bringing pro football back to … Continue reading →

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Numbers Don’t Lie People Do — The Truth About Who Profits from AEG’s NFL Stadium Deal

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Quentin Fleming, author, management consultant and adjunct professor of managerial decision-making and strategic planning at USC’s Marshall School of Business, has brought his expertise to provide the first independent professional analysis of the proposed MOU and supporting documents … Continue reading →

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Robbing the Public under the Color of Law: DWP Rate Hikes and AEG Giveaways

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Editor’s Note: DWP officials will hold a workshop Wednesday night from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the DWP cafeteria at 111 N. Hope St. and promises an open discussion of its rate hike plans with the community. With the … Continue reading →

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Major League Baseball Seizes Control of the Dodgers from McCourt

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

Life is beautiful — novelists, filmmakers, liars, cheats and scoundrels can try all they want to make up story lines all they want but they are still just imitations of life. Real life wins every time. On the very day, … Continue reading →

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AEG’s NFL Stadium: The Sweetest of All LA’s Sweetheart Deals

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

It must be hard for the mayor’s “Blue Ribbon Commission” on the downtown NFL stadium to keep such straight faces as they sit through a series of public meetings inquiring into what was a done deal months ago. In the … Continue reading →

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