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The War Is Over! Greuel and Trutanich Make Peace on Worker Comp… Sort of

Posted on October 13, 2010 by

If only the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would end with the same whimpers and face-saving statements as the war between the City Controller and City Attorney did on Wednesday. Controller Wendy Greuel released her audit of how the City … Continue reading →

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A Job Seeker’s Lament: L.A.’s ARRA Arithmetic — Some Things Just Don’t Add Up

Posted on September 17, 2010 by

By CHELSEA CODY Numbers have long been thought of as a universal language. The vast majority of cultures today use the exact same numeric symbols to communicate quantities of goods and wealth. Mind you, this was a long-drawn-out process, the … Continue reading →

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How City Hall Failed Us — All You Need to Know

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

If you want to know why the city teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, why city services are being slashed and employees losing their jobs, why business, labor and the community as whole have lost confidence in theCity, tune into … Continue reading →

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City Hall Power Struggle: Now It’s Nuch vs. Wendy in “Rocky II”

Posted on July 15, 2009 by

UPDATE: Controller Wendy Greuel took her claims against City Attorney Carmen “Nuch” Trutanich to KABC Morning Talk Show host Doug McIntyre Thursday. Here’s the audio (greuel.mp3).First, he pulled a grandstand play over Michael Jackson, giving the City Council just 72 … Continue reading →

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Wonder where your trash fees are going? Cops? Better services? Don’t be silly…it’s a PR ripoff

Posted on September 7, 2008 by

Call me naive, call me stupid, slap me upside my head, but I somehow thought there was a mayoral ban on city agencies hiring outside public relations firms — a prohibition put in place by Jim Hahn to cover his … Continue reading →

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Call off the dogs — Chick refuses to attend illegal closed door City Council meeting

Posted on September 2, 2008 by

City Controller Laura Chick has scuttled the City Council’s attempt to hold an illegal closed door meeting to cut a back room deal to end the political fight between her and City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo. Wannabe City Attorney Jack Weiss, … Continue reading →

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They break the law with impunity, they are cowards and bullies, they treat the public with contempt…Who are they?

Posted on August 30, 2008 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: As honorary chairman of the Saving L.A. Project, I am going down to City Hall on Wednesday to object to the City Council going behind closed doors to discuss in private what is nothiing but a political fight … Continue reading →

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Here’s one for Laura Chick: L.A.’s double bogey of poor service and wasted money

Posted on May 20, 2008 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: I’m reminded that City Controller Laura Chick released an audit in March that included the golf range concession at Rancho Park. She concluded broadly that the audit, and previous audits, of the Recreation and Parks Department “calls into … Continue reading →

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