Tag Archives: dwp

Why Your DWP Bills Keeping Going Up and Up — IBEW Salaries Keep Going Up and Up and Away

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

Carpenters: DWP $102,732; General Services 65,201; Airport  $82,999; National Average $43,890. Auto Painters: DWP $109,192; Fire Dept. $59,901. Cabinet Makers: DWP $101,840; LAPD $66,449. Garage Attendants: DWP $74,408; Airport $44,309; National Average $21,250. Land-surveying Assistants; DWP $123,433; Public Works $73,009′ … Continue reading →

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Socking It To Us: 40 % More for Sewer, 26 % More for Power, 21 % for More Water

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

By Jack Humphreville On Tuesday at 9 AM, the Energy and Environment Committee holding a Special Meeting to discuss a multiyear increase in our beloved Sewer Service Charge.  The CAO report was filed on late Friday afternoon. The timetable is for … Continue reading →

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Robbing the Public under the Color of Law: DWP Rate Hikes and AEG Giveaways

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Editor’s Note: DWP officials will hold a workshop Wednesday night from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the DWP cafeteria at 111 N. Hope St. and promises an open discussion of its rate hike plans with the community. With the … Continue reading →

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Real L.A. News from the Virtual World: Union Concessions, Antonio’s Ethics, DWP Foot-dragging

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

Tough Call for City Workers: Pay a Little Now to Get a Lot Later Today is the final day for most of the city’s civilian work force, members of the City Coalition of Unions, to decide whether to pay 4 … Continue reading →

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Real L.A. News from the Virtual World: Mitch the Radical, Parole Breakdown, DWP Bullies

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

The Radicalization of Councilman-elect Englander: Power to the People,  Reform the City Charter, Throwing Officials Under Buses It’s hard to believe this is the same Mitch Englander who got elected to succeed his boss Greig Smith just a short time … Continue reading →

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Why Tom LaBonge Should Retire for the Good of the City He Loves

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

No greater love has anyone for the City of Angels than to devote most of his adult life to its public service. For that, Tom LaBonge deserves honor as LA’s ambassador to sister cities, its amateur historian and official greeter … Continue reading →

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Real L.A. News from the Virtual World

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

Editor’s Note: The City Council today put off until Feb. 9 consideration of dismantling the CRA and reorganizing it as a non-profit. Mayor Villaraigosa and other big city mayors are lobbying Gov. Brown today to drop plans to abolish all … Continue reading →

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Why the Rate Payer Advocate Won’t Fix the DWP: Government Hates Transparency, Accountability

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

Let this lesson on the history of inspector general watchdogs on government abuses be instructive if you think a Rate Payer Advocate is going to stop the Department of Water and Power from squandering, stealing and misusing your money. When … Continue reading →

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Jan Perry’s Great Performance Mocking the Bully D’Arcy and Traitor Zine

Posted on December 10, 2010 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: In a letter Thursday to City Council members (antonio-veto.pdf), Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa spelled out his reasons for vetoing a March 8 ballot measure that would give the Council the power to fire DWP Commission members and the General … Continue reading →

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Fighting Back: Stop City Hall’s Plan to Blight L.A. to Profit Developers

Posted on December 10, 2010 by

The chaos at the Department of Water and Power is bleeding the town dry with rates going to soar like never before and far too much of the money going into the bank accounts of its workers and union treasury … Continue reading →

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