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VIDEO REPORT: The Public Story on $3 Billion Street Repair Scheme That Has Nothing to Do with the Real Story

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

Listen closely to the hot air and cold-blooded lies that rookie Councilmen Joe Buscaino and Mitch Englander spewed out at Wednesday’s meeting to win support for the largest bond issue in the LA history — a $3 billion property tax … Continue reading →

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A New Deal for L.A. — City Workers Pay the Bill for Their Pensions and Health, We’ll Pay to Fix Our Broken Streets

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

The youngest and newest members of the City Council — both cops of a sort hailing from the sprawling city’s farthest extremes with the safest seats in town — were ordered to step forward as sacrificial lambs with yet another … Continue reading →

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LA Times Gets Tough and Exposes the Bumbling Incompetence of CD 15 Runoff Candidates

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Breaking with its tradition of ducking the real issues, the LA Times Editorial Board dared to push Council District 15 runoff candidates Joe Buscaino and Warren Furutani for solutions to the city’s budget crisis, asking them: “What would you do … Continue reading →

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Is There Really Any Point to Elections in LA?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

In Arizona, voters on Tesday threw out of office in a recall election the author of the state’s harsh anti-immigrant law, Semate President Russell Pearce, and replaced him with a fellow Republican with more moderate views. In Mississippi,voters unexpectly rejected … Continue reading →

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