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My Sunday Column in News-Press & Leader: Educating Emily in a changing world

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Emily Gabel-Luddy knows a lot about politics — she has seen how politics works from inside Los Angeles City Hall as a high-ranking planner, and her husband, Bill, is West Coast political director for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. But … Continue reading →

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Voter Fraud, Part Three: The Neverending Scandal of the DWP

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

Nothing can fix what’s wrong with the city’s most important and valuable asset — the Department of Water and Power — until we elect a mayor and other city officials who will stand up to blackmail by union bully Brian … Continue reading →

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In City Hall’s Animal Farm, One Pig Is More Equal Than All the Others

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

It was a thing of beauty watching the City Council cower and weasel in the face of union bully Brian D’Arcy and a room filled with his IBEW Local 18.  At issue was whether new hires by the Department of … Continue reading →

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