Tag Archives: Doug Guthrie

The Heart of the Matter: Next Year Will Be Worse

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

Here are a couple of axioms about City Hall corruption learned from a largely futile effort to expose what’s wrong over the last 30 years: 1. Little people don’t steal unless the big people are stealing.  2. You have to … Continue reading →

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HACLA UPDATE: How Do You Spell Whitewash?

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Thanks to KCET’s SoCal Connected’s outstanding continuing coverage of the Housing Authority scandal, we now learn that top staff have taken home bonuses totaling more than half a million dollars in the last two years with some like Chief Operating … Continue reading →

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Lip Service to Affordable Housing and Reform

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

EDITOR”S NOTE: The appointment of Doug Guthrie, GM of the LA Housing Department (LAHD), as interim CEO of the scandal-plagued Housing Authority (HACLA)  has raised a lot of concerns given the many problems that have surfaced within his own agency … Continue reading →

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HACLA Under Fire: A Hero, A Fall Guy, A Savior and the Cover-up by Wannabes & Know-Nothings

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

Sometimes you have to do some work, like watching videos showing what the people you put into office do and say when confronted by their failure. Somtimes you have to read between the lines, see through the posturing of their … Continue reading →

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