Tag Archives: Frank McCourt

AEG, the Dodgers and the Genius of Janice Hahn

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Dear Janice: Your daddy would be so proud of the stand you took today in introducing legislation in the Congress of the United States of America called the “Give the Fans a Chance Act.” He never missed a chance to … Continue reading →

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Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown — All the Way to Dodger Stadium

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

On a day that the LA TImes’ Bill Plaschke reported sitting “sad” and “lonely” in a nearly empty Dodger Stadium with only six fans in the right field bleachers pavilion with him, the news pops that ”certain state-owned investment institutions of … Continue reading →

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D.J. Waldie’s Home Run Shot: On McCourt, Zell and the Selling of LA

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

Few writers about Los Angeles have the knowledge, clarity of consciousness and eloquence as D.J. Waldie. In this article headlined “The Foster City” at Zocalo Public Square cuts through the fog around Frank McCourt, Sam Zell and much of the … Continue reading →

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Money and Power in LA — It’s All in the Family

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

Dick Riordan is there for his pal Austin Beutner to help launch of his dark horse mayoral campaign. “The basic thing is jobs, jobs, jobs,” says the former two-term mayor and long-time civic leader. Well, not exactly. The basic thing … Continue reading →

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Major League Baseball Seizes Control of the Dodgers from McCourt

Posted on April 20, 2011 by

Life is beautiful — novelists, filmmakers, liars, cheats and scoundrels can try all they want to make up story lines all they want but they are still just imitations of life. Real life wins every time. On the very day, … Continue reading →

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Law and Disorder, Part 3: Sparing No Expense to Make Dodger Stadium Safe Once Again

Posted on April 8, 2011 by

I love LA, I mean LOVE LA, especially when the yin and yang, the light and darkness of our city’s soul is laid bare as it has been in the last week over the brutal attack on a Giants fan … Continue reading →

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