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They Saved Hollywood, Built the Subway, Created 1000s of Jobs — All in a Council Day

Posted on January 5, 2010 by

Just back from its latest vacation, the City Council looked as naked today as if they were being broadcast through the lens of a full-body scan camera. They were done with the city’s monkey business thanks to Council President Eric … Continue reading →

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Revenge of the Gadflies: City Hall’s Bungling Costs Taxpayers Dearly

Posted on September 24, 2009 by

Three times a week, Matt Dowd, Michael Hunt and Zuma Dogg annoy, offend and sometimes make perfect sense as co-stars in the theater of the absurd TV drama that passes for LA City Council meetings. It says a lot about … Continue reading →

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LA in Crisis: Do They Have a Clue? Do You?

Posted on September 16, 2009 by

Ten weeks into the new fiscal year, the LA City Council has spent the last five days — putting it $5 million in the red — trying to preserve its sweetened early retirement deal for city workers. After two days … Continue reading →

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Why Council Debates Attract Gadflies Like Dog Poop Attracts Flies

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

What does it say about the nature of City Council debates that 95 percent of the public comments come from Zuma, Matt, Mike, Donna, Arnold, John and the rest of the cast of gadflies who somehow manage to show up … Continue reading →

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Save the Earth: Send Antonio to the Moon

Posted on July 20, 2009 by

With the audacity of a man distracting the world for a thousand failures, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa chose the 40th anniversary of mankind’s first walk on the moon to pump his plan to save the Earth from global warming. And he … Continue reading →

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All They Want Is Your Money…

Posted on July 19, 2009 by

UPDATED: Excerpts of what Council members said at the bottom. And they’ll say or do anything to get their hands on it. Here’s a 10-minute movie I made from comments made by each of those who spoke in support of … Continue reading →

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Autry vs. Southwest Shootout: Symbol of LA’s Cultural and Political Poverty

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

Editor’s Note: If you support retaining the Southwest Museum as a a living museum, you can help by going to the Friends of the Southwest Museum’s website  and joining their email and fax campaign. Of all the dozens of city … Continue reading →

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Lip Service to Democracy — The Irrelevance of Public Comment Before the City Council

Posted on June 12, 2009 by

Every time the LA City Council meets, my pal Zuma Dogg and others who qualify as gadflies by the regularity of the attendance to rant and rave for their two minutes of public comment and a minute or two each … Continue reading →

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Beating the Machine: The New Politics of LA

Posted on May 20, 2009 by

The governor and legislators are going back to normal today with their posturing and pretenses as if voters hadn’t just slapped them in the face and kicked them in the groin over their pathetic ballot propositions. In LA, the City … Continue reading →

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