Tag Archives: david freeman

The $500,000 Job Nobody Wants and Nobody Can Do: DWP General Manager

Posted on October 15, 2010 by

You can trace the decline and fall of the nation’s largest municipal utility, our very own Department of Water and Power, back to October 1996 when the City Council in it all too finite wisdom vetoed a 10 percent raise … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened to the Antonio We Knew and Loved?

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

Once upon a time in the city we all love and hate, a man named Antonio stepped forward and inspired us with promises of a better life for everyone, of a new era with a new spirit that brought us … Continue reading →

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Beutner’s Folly: Taking the Wrong Side, Defending DWP Lies and Stonewalling

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

The man who wanted to ignore the past and only move forward was forced Tuesday to confront the DWP’s record of deceit, specious arguments and false assumptions. Austin Beutner — first deputy mayor in charge of all key city departments … Continue reading →

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Freeman’s Swan Song to DWP: “Keep the Faith”

Posted on April 12, 2010 by

S. David Freeman, the octogenarian anti-nuclear apostle of renewable energy, sent out a farewell message Monday to the Department of Water and Power’s 8,000 employees urging them to “Keep the Faith” despite the controversies that have engulfed the utility.Freeman’s first … Continue reading →

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City Hall Exposed: LA’s Moment of Truth

Posted on April 11, 2010 by

This is the moment when we find out who among our elected officials stands for the public interest and who should be thrown out of office. There are no gray areas, either they are for us or for themselves and … Continue reading →

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Antonio at the Brink: A Profile in Courage?

Posted on April 6, 2010 by

It’s hard to believe that City Hall was in the doldrums so long it was hard to stay awake during their endless exercises in self-aggrandizement and self-service and now just look at what’s happening — it takes your breath away. … Continue reading →

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Antonio’s $6 Million Folly: Clues to the Mystery of the DWP Rate Hike Fiasco

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

Life is a mystery and the only certainty is change — those are beliefs I live by as I try to figure out what the hell is going on from the scraps of clues that are left lying around. There’s … Continue reading →

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Fire These Men or Not One Cent More for DWP

Posted on March 25, 2010 by
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The Fate of LA in His Hands, Heaven Help Us

Posted on March 2, 2010 by

The Department of Water and Power is at the heart of the story of Los Angeles’ transformation into the city it is today, the light and the dark of it, the play of good and evil. It is the soul … Continue reading →

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Antonio’s Job Creation Plan: DWP as the Economic Engine to Subsidize Development, New Business

Posted on January 10, 2010 by

made last Tuesday and hardly anybody noticed, which was City Hall’s goal. Having fiddled the last three years while a couple of hundred thousand people lost their jobs and city treasury fell deep in the red, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in … Continue reading →

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