Tag Archives: Councilman Richard Alarcon

Bocanegra, Fuentes, Padilla and the Game of Special Interest Money, Sponsored Legislation and Political Musical Chairs

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

UPDATED WITH MORE DETAILS ABOUT FUNDING, INCLUDING A SECOND SUPER PAC THAT POURED MONEY AT THE LAST MINUTE INTO BOCANEGRA’S CAMPAIGN TO OPPOSE ALARCON AND INTO REPUBLICAN RICARDO BENITEZ’S CAMPAIGN TO SUPPRESS THE COUNCILMAN’S VOTE. A lot of people took … Continue reading →

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It Takes an Uprising — Not Loophole-laden Ethics Reforms To End City Hall Corruption

Posted on September 15, 2010 by

Unlike City Ethics Commissioner Nedra Jenkins, I believe every elected official in LA is corrupt to one degree or another because the system itself is so corrupt and corrupting. “It’s as if we believe everybody’s corrupt, and I just don’t … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Send Cardenas to the Doghouse for his ‘All in the Family’ Ripoffs

Posted on August 19, 2010 by

The horseshoe is beginning to smell like horseshit.   Only a couple weeks ago, Los Angeles City Councilman Richard Alarcon — and his wife – were indicted for voter fraud and lying about where they lived.    And since I’ve … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Softball Treatment of Alarcon Really Makes You Wonder

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Newspaper coverage of the indictment of Councilman Richard Alarcon and his wife on voter fraud and perjury charges have generated a lot of criticism. Walter Moore today tore apart the Daily News story headlined “Support for Alarcon Remains … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Keeping an Eye on Alarcon’s Past, Present and Future

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

Why is anybody surprised? Richard Alarcon, the City Councilman who is charged with representing parts of the northwest San Fernando Valley without bothering to live there – and repeatedly lying about it!- has been dancing on the ethics line throughout … Continue reading →

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Naked City: Alarcon’s Self-Defense Plan, A Hole in Hahn’s Boycott

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

Do you support the Alarcon Legal Defense Fund?Under grand jury investigation for voter fraud, Councilman Richard Alarcon has taken out insurance — a legal defense fund registered with the City Ethics Commission, which also is busy investigating the mayor for … Continue reading →

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The Bills Are Coming Due – It’s Their Turn to Pay

Posted on February 7, 2010 by

Ignore, if you can, Richard Alarcon’s arrogant and despicable treatment of an honorable public servant in this video and focus instead on the ignorant and despicable point he is making. What Alarcon is saying that he wants to take the … Continue reading →

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The People’s Hero, Sally Choi: City’s Sweetheart Early Retirement Deal Blowing Up

Posted on August 4, 2009 by

In an extraordinary session two months too late, the City Council was thrown into turmoil Tuesday by facing the facts of the real costs of the sweetheart early retirement deal it offered to city unions. It took Sally Choi, general … Continue reading →

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Dropping Like Flies, Fighting Like Dogs, Passions Like Pit Bulls — Is City Hall Still Indestructible?

Posted on May 28, 2009 by

One day the head of the Police Commission resigns “unexpectedly” one day to spend more time in his private law practice. Two days later, Fire Chief Douglas Barry “abruptly” hangs it up at age 55 after two years in his … Continue reading →

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