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What Kind of Fool Am I? The Kind Who’s Foolish Enough to Dress Up as George Washington for President’s Day

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

My Sunday column for the Glendale News-Press posted here explained how I’m always saying “yes” to just about everything, even when a good friend like Leslie Dutton asks me to appear at her annual Full Disclosure Network’s fund-raiser as George … Continue reading →

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My Sunday Column: A forefather’s forethought — What Would George Washington Think About the State of America Today?

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

When I retired five years ago after a career as a rather maverick newspaperman bristling at the restraints of corporate journalism, I vowed to speak what was in my heart and to say “yes” to just about everything. Being a … Continue reading →

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The Ugly Side of Los Angeles Politics: Part Four of Full Disclosure Network Report

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

Leslie Dutton’s Emmy-award winning Full Disclosure Network interviewed me recently on wide-ranging topics as part of a series of shows entitled ’The Ugly Side of Los Angeles Politics.” The fourth segment, released today, covers how new media and the Internet is transforming … Continue reading →

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My Sunday Column: L.A. County Government — too big not to fail, too remote to succeed

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

The walls of L.A. County’s Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration are so thick and shielding of public scrutiny that even the old-line Commies in charge of the Kremlin in Moscow would be envious. The city’s newspapers have assigned teams of … Continue reading →

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Law and DIsorder, Part 5: Crime and Punishment in a Zombie Nation

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Crimes committed by the rabble are at historic lows – an extraordinary event considering how millions have lost their jobs and homes, the soaring poverty rate and the widening gap between rich and poor. There are no shouts for law … Continue reading →

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CRA Report: Video Preview of Full Disclosure Series, Caruso’s ‘Piggy Bank’ Play in Glendale

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

$Billions In Fraud & Waste, Who Will Stop It?Leslie Dutton’s Full Disclosure Network has produced a video preview of its new two-part cable TV series on the LA Community Redevelopment Agency. Six eight-minute YouTube videos will be available later this … Continue reading →

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Propaganda — Not News and Information: City Hall’s Plan to Steal Millions from Public Access

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

At a time when we so desperately need to enhance our public conversation and bring everyone to the table of power, City Hall wants to move swiftly to expand its propaganda machine into the “new world of distribution, cellphones, Youtube, … Continue reading →

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City Hall’s Iron Curtain: Disinformation, Misinformation, No Information

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

One of the hallmarks of repressive and failing regimes the world over is their refusal to allow differing points of view to be heard.Los Angeles City Hall is no exception. Of all its crimes, of all the reasons for its … Continue reading →

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LA County’s Great Parking Meter Ripoff

Posted on November 9, 2010 by

It was a great day for a party at LA County’s Burton Chace Park at the end Mindinao Way in Marina Del Rey, the brilliant sunshine shimmering off the water, the masts of luxury yachts point skywards. Leslie Dutton’s Full … Continue reading →

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LA on the Road to Ruin: Full Disclosure Network Report

Posted on June 15, 2010 by

Leslie Dutton’s Full Disclosure Network has started a series on what’s gone wrong in LA entitled “ROAD to RUIN. “ Part One, for which I was interviewed, deals with how “politicians and powerful public employee unions have orchestrated the city’s … Continue reading →

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