Tag Archives: kevin james

Benchmarking the Mayor’s Race: Can Any Candidate Light the Fire of Voters’ Passion? Can Any Actually Govern the City?

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

This is not a horse race as much as the media treats elections that way; it is a political campaign that promises to be as rough as any for mayor of Los Angeles since the ugliness of Yorty-Bradley contests. There’s … Continue reading →

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In This Troubled City, Beutner Dares to Cry “Fire!” — and Point Fingers at Who Cut 318 Firefighter Jobs

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Friends, In just 365 days – in exactly one year – Angelenos will come together and choose our next Mayor. Los Angeles is at a crossroads, and our next Mayor will chart our course for years to come. I’m running for Mayor because … Continue reading →

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Beutner Thumbs His Nose at Stench from City Hall

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Smart, experienced, rich but self-effacing and very humorous — poor Austin Beutner still can’t get no respect from the MSM, the MainStreamMedia.  His speech Thursday launching Town Hall L.A.’s program for mayoral candidates outlined how he would get “Los Angeles … Continue reading →

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The Unanswered Questions about AEG’s NFL Stadium Plan — Will City Hall Ask Them?

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

By KEVIN JAMES, Candidate for L.A. Mayor in the L.A. Business Journal In 2010, word leaked out that Anschutz Entertainment Group and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa were courting the NFL. The league that dashed in 1995 and remains elusive today was, as … Continue reading →

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LA’s Missing Man Formation: Business Leaders Ban Citizen Candidate from Mayoral Forum

Posted on November 16, 2011 by

You can see it right there on the masthead of the LA Times: Jim Newton, Editor-at-large, so you know when he speaks, he speaks with the authority of the city’s most prestigious newspaper.  Newton was on stage at UCLA, the city’s … Continue reading →

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Ronnie’s Rants on Radio and TV: The NFL, HPV, Hoodies and Dream Act

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

KRLA-870 radio talk show host Kevin James and I talked Thursday about recent developments in the billionaires’ competition for an NFL stadium in the Los Angeles market with Ed Roski’s City of Industry plan gaining traction over Phil Anschutz’ because the … Continue reading →

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Ronnie’s Rants: The Week in Review in Print and on the Radio

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s links to radio comments I made last week, mainly on AEG’s downtown stadium deal, on Warren Olney’s “Which Way LA?,” my regular Wednesday midnight chat with KRLA 870AM talk show host Kevin James and on the “Off the … Continue reading →

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Advertisements for Myself: Radio, TV and Newspapers

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Here’s my Sunday column for the Glendale-Burbank News-Press & Leader, followed by links to appearances on NBC’s “The Filter with Fred Roggin” and on Kevin James’ show on KRLA 870: The Political System Only Serves Itself Drive down any main … Continue reading →

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Talk Show Host Kevin James Joins the Race for LA Mayor

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

KRLA-870 talk show show host Kevin James will run for mayor of Los Angeles with a formal campaign launch event at 10 a.m. Wednesday on the City Hall south lawn. James, an attorney and former prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s … Continue reading →

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The Ballot Box Revolution: City Hall Can Run But It Can’t Hide from the Power of Truth

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

In the course of this morning’s interview on KRLA-870, Kevin James observed an amazing series of recent events in the LA political scene and asked whether it represented a trend that offers real hope for positive change. He offered numerous … Continue reading →

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