Tag Archives: Eli Broad

Antonio’s Finale: Advertisement for Himself as L.A.’s Greatest Mayor — and Putdowns to Greuel and Garcetti

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

In his eighth and final self-flattering State of the City address to Los Angeles’ four million people, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa offered an advertisement for himself as a Latino salesman for a world far better than the one he will leave … Continue reading →

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LOS ANGELES: Artistic and Creative Capital of the World?

Posted on July 8, 2012 by

Geffen Contemporary at MOCA 2011 The Creative Genius of Graffiti Artists Geffen Contemporary April 2012 Cai Guo-Qiang: Sky Ladder Fireworks Explosion LA County Museum of Art‘s “Levitated Mass” Michael Heizer’s 340-ton Hunk of Granite Broad Contemporary at LACMA: “Metropolis II” … Continue reading →

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The Billionaire Boys Club Know What’s Best

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Eli Broad and such stars of the billionaire boys club as Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and investor Nicolas Berggruen have a great idea on how to save California from sinking into an ocean of debt and failed public policy — … Continue reading →

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Thanks for Sharing, Eli — Watching Your Tax $$$ at Work

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

It’s hard to resist the image of Eli and Edythe Broad sitting in their mansion high above Los Angeles and watching the world’s largest home video screen as the monument to their artistic taste is being built as part of … Continue reading →

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Reinventing Antonio: Mayor Who Sold Us Out to RIch and Powerful Declares Himself Progressive

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

What a joke, Antonio the political chameleon is once again changing his stripes. Only Antonio Villaraigosa would have the audacity to go to Sacramento today to audition his new act as the political progressive he once pretended he was in … Continue reading →

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Thinking Big, Acting Small: Eli Broad in the ’60 Minutes’ Lens

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

For the last generation in the Los Angeles, Eli Broad has been the city’s Mr. Big — too big, in fact, to touch, if not to fail. CBS’ “60 Minutes” took a shot at defining Broad on Sunday as a … Continue reading →

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CRA Lives Again: Blood(money)-Sucking Vampire Agency Resumes Welfare-for-Rich Giveaways

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

The CRA has come back from the dead — won’t somebody drive a stake into its heart and kill it once and for all before it sucks all our money? Clearly, the board members of the Community Redevelopment Agency are … Continue reading →

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One Final Outrage: The CRA Is Dead — Long Live the CRA

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

Sometime Wednesday, the CRA’s Vice Chair Madeline Janis signed an announcement that yet another “Special Meeting” of the Board of Commissioners will be held today at “10 a.m. or as soon thereafter as practicable following the adjournment or recess of … Continue reading →

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School Officials vs. CRAs: Silence of the Lambs (Being Led to Slaughter)

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

The greed of AEG’s Tim Leiweke, the egotism of billionaire Eli Broad, the self-service of unions are understandable enough — they’re just pursuing their own self interest, though hardly enlightened self interest despite the piety of their narratives. The same … Continue reading →

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Gambling $52 million on the Grandiose Avenue Project Without Asking Any Serious Questions

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

It’s a shame smart guys like Eric Garcetti don’t put their brains to better use than to sell fantasies to the public on how the investment of just $52 of their money in a parking garage for the Broad Museum … Continue reading →

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