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It’ll be hell to pay when the bills come due — My Sunday Column

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been through a lot in my life and I’ve never seen anything like this — and it isn’t at all like seeing an elephant fly. Our elected officials must think we are all … Continue reading →

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Unraveling the redevelopment mess — My Sunday Column for Glendale, Burbank & Pasadena

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

Sooner or later, the bills come due in all our lives – even in the lives of government agencies. Just ask the people who bought a house they couldn’t afford or city officials who got addicted over the years to … Continue reading →

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Public Pension Joke: Why Aren’t You Laughing?

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

Jerry Brown has rolled out his plan to address the public employee pension calamity with the full knowledge that it really doesn’t fix the problem and that the Democratic-Labor power structure he leads will never go along with it.   … 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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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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UPDATE: Democrats Cannibalize Each Other — Chiang Halts Pay to Legislators over Phony Budget

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Legislative reaction was fierce to Controller John Chiang’s decision to cut off their $400 per day pay as captured by the Sacramento Bee. Herer’s what my representative, the head of the budget committee, had to say: Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, … 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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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Loving L.A. — A Great Place for Stray Dogs and Fat Cats

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

Forgive my pal Ron, he doesn’t know any better. He’s only human. He complains all the time about how LA is all messed up but that’s exactly why I love LA. I wouldn’t be here today  if this place was … Continue reading →

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REASON Magazine: Community Redevelopment — The $6 Billion Scam

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Jerry Brown’s Plan to Kill Community ‘Redevelopment’ Is Fiscally Sound, Morally Right and Probably DoomedTIM CAVANAUGH, Senior Editor Reason Magazine At what point does a public institution move beyond mere self-interest or ineffectuality and become actively evil? Two proposals in … Continue reading →

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City Council’s Election Day Outrage — $930 Million Worth of Reasons to Vote Them Out of Office

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Taking their contempt for the public and the law to new heights, Los Angeles city leaders will carry out an election day theft of nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money, jeopardizing the governor’s budget-balancing plan and running roughshod over even … Continue reading →

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