Tag Archives: LA Times

My Sunday News-Press & Leader Column: The Public Has a Right to Know

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

Burbank city officials are wasting their time and the public’s money pleading the 5th Amendment and remaining silent about which workers split the $1 million in bonuses shelled out last year. At a time when the scandals in Bell and … Continue reading →

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The South Central Farmers: The Dream Reborn

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

EDITOR’S NOTE:The battle over the South Central Farm, subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary “The Garden,” has revived with new efforts to buy the 14-acre property. The LA Times in an editorial today takes up the cause of the South Central … Continue reading →

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The Scandal That Was an Open Secret: Community College Bond Money Abuses

Posted on March 2, 2011 by

Editor’s Note: Nearly all scandals in the public sector have something in common: Many good people look the other way in the face of abuses and even those who try to stop the corruption are confronted by a power structure. … Continue reading →

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Billions to Spend: Waste throws wrench into Los Angeles community colleges’ massive project

Posted on February 26, 2011 by

Poor planning, frivolous spending and shoddy work dog the sprawling system’s bond-financed construction program Those are the headlines online on Part One of the LA Times powerful week-long investigate series by reporters Michael Finnegan and Gale Holland who examined what … Continue reading →

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Is It Really All Antonio’s Fault?

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

In returning from a long book-writing sabbatical, LA Times stalwart Jim Newton spent several weeks talking with “more than two dozen influential Angelenos — current and former politicians, labor leaders, environmentalists, neighborhood activists and bureaucrats.” On Tuesday, his first column … Continue reading →

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Is It Really All Antonio’s Fault?

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

In returning from a long book-writing sabbatical, LA Times stalwart Jim Newton spent several weeks talking with “more than two dozen influential Angelenos — current and former politicians, labor leaders, environmentalists, neighborhood activists and bureaucrats.” On Tuesday, his first column … Continue reading →

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Stench of a Dirty Deal: Will Council Give $4.5 Million Gift to Profiteer in Runaway Production?

Posted on August 17, 2010 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Once again, the City Council in a 41-minute meeting Tuesday put off without comment discussion of the CRA deal with Hal Katersky’s Santa Monica-based Pacifica Ventures, raising questions about what’s going on behind the scenes with the controversial … Continue reading →

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The Miseducation of Teacher Union Head A.J. Duffy — Ignorance Tops Knowledge

Posted on August 16, 2010 by

If knowledge is power and ignorance is bliss, United Teachers Los Angeles union head A.J. Duffy has clearly sided with the know-nothings — something that goes a long way towards explaining the failure of LAUSD over the last three decades. … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Softball Treatment of Alarcon Really Makes You Wonder

Posted on August 6, 2010 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Newspaper coverage of the indictment of Councilman Richard Alarcon and his wife on voter fraud and perjury charges have generated a lot of criticism. Walter Moore today tore apart the Daily News story headlined “Support for Alarcon Remains … Continue reading →

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The Heart of the Matter: They Just Don’t Get It

Posted on July 20, 2010 by

Sometimes the dots of the story just connect themselves and it all begins to make sense in a way that even the casual observer can see. As Antonio Villaraigosa was falling off a bike because of the “careless” actions of … Continue reading →

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