Tag Archives: democracy

Labor Day Lament

Posted on September 5, 2010 by

Frank Sinatra - The House I Live In (That’s America To Me).mp3 I have more questions than answers which may explain why I stumbled into being a newspaperman and never could find a way out, at least until I was sent … Continue reading →

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Detroit West: LA at the Turning Point

Posted on June 8, 2010 by

DETROIT — Great cities don’t just die. They rot from within when people who have the wealth and power to save them stand by as if they do not see what is happening, as if there was nothing they could … Continue reading →

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Noisy, Messy and Complicated — Democracy in LA Is an Idea Whose Time Has Come

Posted on February 10, 2010 by

(Editor’s Note: This article was submitted to the LA Times Opinion Page Editor a week ago but still has not gotten a response rejecting or accepting it, so it’s yours for free) To paraphrase President Obama in his State of … Continue reading →

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2009: Turning Point in the Struggle for Democracy

Posted on December 31, 2009 by

My last political engagement of 2009 came on the second last day of year, breakfast with state Sen. Gloria Romero. The subject was educating our children by mandating that parents – all parents everywhere in California – have the power … Continue reading →

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Restoring Democracy — It Won’t Happen Without You

Posted on June 1, 2009 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was published in the current edition of Nina Royal’s North Valley Reporter.By Ron Kaye I chatted recently with a longtime union leader about my belief in grassroots democracy and how people all over Los Angeles could … Continue reading →

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The Parent Revolution Comes to the LAUSD

Posted on May 26, 2009 by

A funny thing happened when Ben Austin was on his way to reforming LAUSD from within — his paid petitioners to qualify him for the school board ballot for the Westside got screwed up and he didn’t get enough signatures. … Continue reading →

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L.A.’s Solar Energy Fraud: Is this what President-elect Obama stands for?

Posted on December 20, 2008 by

The trail of responsibility for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s fraudulent solar energy proposal leads straight to President-elect Obama, raising questions about whether all that talk of change and citizen participation and democracy was just so much lip service. The mayor himself … Continue reading →

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