Tag Archives: Farmers Field

Jerry Brown’s Parable of Elephants and Ants: Get out of Phil Anschutz and AEG’s Way or Get Trampled to Death

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

“When the elephants start pounding their hooves, the little ants get out of the way. That’s just part of the way life is.” — Gov. Jerry Brown on doing favors for billionaires. Looking down from on high where he rides … Continue reading →

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City Hall’s Answer to What’s Wrong: Tear Down LA and Give It to AEG to Rebuild and Run as Private Property

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

Just over a year ago, City Administrative Officer Miguel Santana — as honorable as a bureaucrat can be when working for a gang of thieves — presented an overview of the “Proposed Convention Center Renovation & Downtown Event Center Project” … Continue reading →

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It Takes a Revolution to Save This Village — Citizen Activist Joyce Dillard Stands Up to AEG and the City

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Joyce Dillard may never get her day in court to fight against the injustices and corruption she sees but she got two hours last night in formal mediation with AEG and the City of Los Angeles to make her case that … Continue reading →

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Leiweke Demands LA’s Unconditional Surrender or Face the Big Chill of an ‘Economic Nuclear Winter for This City’

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Perhaps Tim Leiweke’s NFL team — if he gets one — should be called the “Angelenos” as the email blast he sent out announcing release of the draft EIR promises his football stadium will  benefit “Angelenos 365 days … Continue reading →

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Crazy Days in LA: The Transportation Gap — Sidewalks and Streets, Subways and Bullet Trains

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Several years ago, city workers descended onto my tract and cut ramps for wheelchairs at every corner, which seemed insane since broken and uneven sidewalks posed a safety hazard even to walkers. To this day, wheelchair users prefer to risk … Continue reading →

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The Unanswered Questions about AEG’s NFL Stadium Plan — Will City Hall Ask Them?

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

By KEVIN JAMES, Candidate for L.A. Mayor in the L.A. Business Journal In 2010, word leaked out that Anschutz Entertainment Group and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were courting the NFL. The league that dashed in 1995 and remains elusive today was, as … Continue reading →

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What’s Missing from AEG’s Maxi-Pad Stadium Deal: Study of Alternatives That Might Actually Succeed

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

With City Council members set Thursday to rubber stamp yet another version of AEG’s ever-changing designs (this one mocked as the Maxi-pad version) for its downtown NFL stadium, City Controller candidate Cary Brazeman has proposed a road map for exploring … Continue reading →

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Farmers Field: ‘An odd and unsuccessful amalgam: overscaled, grandiose …’

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

Maybe I’ve been wrong about Farmers Field being the worst thing that could happen to downtown L.A., a giant domed stadium plastered with digital billboards lighting up the night sky from the Hollywood Hills to the ocean.  Maybe turning the … Continue reading →

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Left, Right and Center All Agree: Downtown Stadium Shows the Failure of L.A. Leadership

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

Political Footballs: L.A.’s Misguided Plans For A Downtown Stadium          By JOEL KOTKIN, newgeography.com Over the past decade Los Angeles has steadily declined It currently has one of the the highest unemployment rates (roughly 12.5%) in the U.S, … Continue reading →

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Field of Schemes: Crony Capitalism Is Alive and Well in L.A.’s Pursuit of Pro Football.

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Troy Senik,a senior fellow at the Center for Individual Freedom and a contributor at Ricochet.com, wrote this article for City Journal.  By Troy Senik, City Journal California, a state whose greatest innovation in recent years has been finding … Continue reading →

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