Tag Archives: LAPD

City Hall’s Brand of Socialism: Soak the Working Class with Higher Taxes to Support Millionaire Cops and Firefighters

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: At 5:30 p.m. tonight and again at 10 p.m., KCET’s SoCal Connected will drop another bomb on City Hall’s DROP program — Deferred Retirement Option Plan — that is letting retired cops and firefighters retire one day on … Continue reading →

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Poor Wendy, Shallman Hung Her Out to Dry and She’s Feeling So Bad

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

It’s like watching somebody jump out of an airplane and their parachute doesn’t open and you’re looking on in horror, wincing as you wait for the splat. Poor Wendy, she’s got all these smart and important people around manipulating her … Continue reading →

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Impounding the LAPD: No License, Phony Insurance and ID, Not to Worry — This is LA, It’s All OK. To Hell with the Law

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

It took 25 years and hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars — from the PDID police spying scandal to the Rodney King beating to the Rampart scandal to a federal takeover –to reform the Los Angeles Police Department and restore … Continue reading →

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Beck Comes Clean: Taking Cars Out of the Hands of Unlicensed Drivers “Could Increase Safety on the Roads”

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

UPDATE: The LA Times has put up a full version of this story online. Attaboy Charlie, we didn’t think you had it in you. In a meeting with LA Times reporters and editors on Wednesday, you are quoted as saying … Continue reading →

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How Dangerous Are Unlicensed Drivers? Are Their IDs and Insurance Really Valid? Nobody Knows

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

About 2:30 a.m. last Friday, a car with six women aboard slammed into a tree at Florence and Halldale avenues in South LA, throwing five women from the vehicle and trapping a sixth, according to a City News Service report, which quoted Sgt. Norma … Continue reading →

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Beck in the Box: Amnesty for Unlicensed, Uninsured Drivers with Unregistered Cars

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

So much for public safety. Obedient as always to the will of his political masters, Chief Charlie Beck is moving rapidly to please the mayor’s desire to all but halt impounding of cars of motorists driving without a license. In … Continue reading →

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Free Speech and Police Intimidation: Should the Mayor and Council Pay the Bill for Occupy L.A.?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

The mayor and City Council welcomed Occupy L.A. to take over the grounds around City Hall without any limits on how long they stayed or how many protesters joined in the encampment so under their doctrine of full cost recovery … Continue reading →

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Politicians’ actions speak louder than words — My Sunday Column

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Events in recent days — from the eviction of Occupy L.A. protesters from the grounds of Los Angeles City Hall to the open-records lawsuit inspired by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino’s defiance of his party’s leadership — have exposed a level of … Continue reading →

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The High Price of Law and Disorder at City Hall

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

The LA Times today raises questions — finally — about whether massive subsidies and tax rebates for luxury hotels makes any dollars and sense for a city that has so much trouble paying its bills. Toting up the long-term cost … Continue reading →

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Law and DIsorder, Part 5: Crime and Punishment in a Zombie Nation

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Crimes committed by the rabble are at historic lows – an extraordinary event considering how millions have lost their jobs and homes, the soaring poverty rate and the widening gap between rich and poor. There are no shouts for law … Continue reading →

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