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Join the Fun: Antonio’s Town Hall on “Fixing a Broken City”

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

You got to hand it to Antonio, he’s got a great sense or humor, irony at least, to agree to participate in the Daily News’ Town Hall meeting Monday May 23 with the topic “Fixing a Broken City.” Who better … Continue reading →

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Antonio Flunks Out, School Reform Debate Heats Up — Will You Join the Fight for Change?

Posted on September 12, 2010 by

You got to laugh a little at how Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa responded to the Daily News’ high-profile campaign to get back to work and “fix this broken city.” He flunked the test and dropped out. Some things never change. The … 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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The Heart of the Matter: They Just Don’t Get It

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

Sometimes the dots of the story just connect themselves and it all begins to make sense in a way that even the casual observer can see. As Antonio Villaraigosa was falling off a bike because of the “careless” actions of … Continue reading →

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Cutting City Officials’ Salaries in Half Doesn’t Go Far Enough…

Posted on September 10, 2009 by

I’ve suddenly got second thoughts about this initiative drive to cut the salaries of the Mayor, City Council, Controller and City Attorney in half — it doesn’t go far enough. They should all get the “living wage” they’re so proud … Continue reading →

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DWP’s Week That Was — Burst Water Mains, Blank Checks and Measure B Revisited

Posted on September 8, 2009 by

Sometimes, the threads of the news come together so elegantly you’d think there was an invisible hand at work making sense of it all. At least that’s my experience from time to time over the years.Take the fact that last … Continue reading →

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Bye Bye Nahai — A Symptom of DWP’s Power Outage

Posted on September 3, 2009 by

For the second time in six months, DWP’s demand for a blank check for billions of dollarsfrom ratepayers was rejected. Back in March, voters repudiated the phony Measure B solar plan that wasn’t a plan. On Wednesday, the reprocessed Measure … Continue reading →

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Daily News, Green Party Oppose Measure B; Laborers Union Members Confront DWP Officials

Posted on February 22, 2009 by

As momentum against Measure B continued to grow, the DWP — still claiming its a neutral information source — held a series of forums in the last few days around the city but attracted only a few dozen people, most … Continue reading →

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