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LA on the Road to Ruin: Full Disclosure Network Report

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

Leslie Dutton’s Full Disclosure Network has started a series on what’s gone wrong in LA entitled “ROAD to RUIN. “ Part One, for which I was interviewed, deals with how “politicians and powerful public employee unions have orchestrated the city’s … Continue reading →

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Dick Riordan’s Fight Is Our Fight

Posted on May 10, 2010 by

In standing up in public and denouncing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as irrelevant and calling out the corruption at City Hall that leaves Los Angeles teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, Dick Riordan has assumed a role that no other prominent … Continue reading →

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The Austin Beutner Show: He’s Got Your Whole World in His Hands

Posted on May 5, 2010 by

If the mayor and City Council had the courage to admit they were incapable of fixing LA, the federal bankruptcy judge probably could find no one better suited to clean up the mess they have made than Austin Beutner. Smart, … Continue reading →

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Beutner Faces the Music: No Trust, No Transparency

Posted on May 4, 2010 by

In advance of Tuesday’s grilling by the full City Council, Austin Beutner and  his DWP management team faced questioning from the Budget and Finance Committee on its spending and rate hike plans. Smooth as always, Beutner outlined in general terms … Continue reading →

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DWP’s Scofflaw Problem: Operating a Parking Lot Without a Permit

Posted on May 3, 2010 by

Psst! Don’t tell anyone but if you got charged for parking at the DWP Headquarters at 111 N. Hope St., you were ripped off. The DWP has been charging visitors and other non-employees $16 a day — recently raised to … Continue reading →

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Can Austin Beutner Save L.A.?

Posted on May 2, 2010 by

I. The private sector paradigm: Alignment of Interest, Governance and Transparency   Austin Beutner has spent his entire career in investment banking and private equity. His major accomplishments include advising on major deals (GM bankruptcy, AT&T consolidation), or private equity … Continue reading →

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Poking Holes in Antonio’s Clean Energy and Rate Hike Story

Posted on May 1, 2010 by

; Among the many problems Austin Beutner faces in bringing order out of the DWP chaos — lax work rules, inflated salaries, secrecy, deceit, poor planning, managerial breakdowns and on and on — is the mayor himself and the endlessly … Continue reading →

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DWP Backs Down on $73.5 Million Transfer to the City General Fund

Posted on April 30, 2010 by

DWP Interim General Manager Austin Beutner and other top utility officials have recommended the Board of Commissioners approve the transfer next Tuesday of $73.5 million from power revenue to the city general fund. Withholding the promised money, part of the … Continue reading →

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A Dose of Reality: They’re Robbing You Blind

Posted on April 30, 2010 by

Do you get it yet? Or are you too numb and defeated to react to anything except the latest ball score or smutty sitcom? You are being robbed blind in broad daylight by people who would steal the last morsel … Continue reading →

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Antonio: “It Boggles the Mind” — CBS2 Exclusive

Posted on April 29, 2010 by

What is there to say? CBS2′s David Goldstein got the video evidence.

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