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The Revolution’s Eviction Will Not Be Televised

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

As one-time radical Tom Hayden is calling LA’s treatment of the Occupiers “a crack of hope” compared to what has happened elsewhere and praising Mayor Antonio Villaragosa for his rejection of violence against protesters, the LAPD is taking off the … Continue reading →

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Ignorance Meets Hypocrisy: Occupy L.A. Awakens to City Hall’s Corruption

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

Organizers (there are no leaders so everybody speaks for themselves) of Occupy Los Angeles let city officials have it on Wednesday over the commitment City Council members made to punish the banks when they unanimously approved turning the entire City … Continue reading →

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Occupying Occupy Los Angeles: Local Community Activists Can Help Define City Issues

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

EDITOR”S NOTE: This column was written for Nina Royal’s North Valley Reporter monthly newspaper.which published it’s October edition today. Two weeks ago at the end of activist-organized Congress of Neighborhood Empowerment, the mayor offered his cheerleading analysis that the decade-old … Continue reading →

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Occupy Los Angeles or the Trial of Michael Jackson’s Doctor — You Choose What Matters

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

It says something, too much really, that the spark of protest ignited in L.A. on Saturday with the Occupy Los Angeles movement that has taken over the lawns at City Hall has as its No. 1 chant: Occupy Wall Street. … 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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W(Rec)k and Parks: Destroying LA in Order to Save It

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

The news out of Washington Thursday was that federal officials want to impose tough rules on advertising cereal, soda pop, snacks, happy meals and other foods to children because of the epidemic of childhood obesity. Cartoon characters like Toucan Sam, … Continue reading →

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My Sunday Column in News-Press & Leader: Educating Emily in a changing world

Posted on April 17, 2011 by

Emily Gabel-Luddy knows a lot about politics — she has seen how politics works from inside Los Angeles City Hall as a high-ranking planner, and her husband, Bill, is West Coast political director for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. But … Continue reading →

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My Sunday Columns in Daily News and News-Press & Leader

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

Getting Closer to the Impossible Dream “Start by doing what is necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Those words from St. Francis of Assisi have become the guiding light to efforts to reform Los … Continue reading →

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Uncivil Disobedience: City Hall Defies the Law, the Public and the Governor

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

“There are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to … Continue reading →

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Paying City Hall Officials What They’re Worth: How to Cut Their Salaries in Half

Posted on June 14, 2009 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: You can vote on whether to cut our city elected officials’ salaries should be cut in half at OurLA.org — the community-based online non-profit newspaper for all of LA which is now in beta test.They are the nation’s … Continue reading →

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