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Covering Up Chaos and Failure at City Hall

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

Even Dennis Zine can get lucky and make sense once in a while but twice on the same day? It must be his ambition talking. First, as chair of the Council’s Audits and Governmental Efficiency Committee, the wannabe City Controller … Continue reading →

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LA’s Rite of Spring: Hiding the Budget Deficit

Posted on April 27, 2011 by

Every spring for the last three years, the City Council’s Budget Committee has taken up the mayor’s spending plan for the next fiscal year amid warnings that drastic actions need to be taken or next year will be worse. It’s … Continue reading →

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Previewing Antonio’s New Budget: New Tricks for Old Problems — No Magic, No Solutions

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

Long before Antonio Villaraigosa led LA down the path toward ruin, city leaders papered over its structural deficit — costs exceeding revenue by more than $200 million a year — by borrowing, juggling funds from one account to another and … Continue reading →

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Fixing the City Budget Crisis: It’s Child’s Play to the Mayor’s Team, Literally

Posted on April 16, 2011 by

Neighborhood Council leader and community activists staged a revived Budget LA forum Saturday in Hollywood, luring a crowd of about 100 in sweltering heat to listen to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s top people explain why the crisis is city over-spending has … Continue reading →

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FOLLOW-UP: Antonio’s NFL Video Cost Taxpayers Nothing — Just Like NFL Stadium

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

CurbedLA writer Dakota Smith got the first shot at the mayor’s astonishing video promoting AEG’s plan to build an NFL stadium downtown on Convention Center property and was told it didn’t cost taxpayers a dime to make. “Arielle J. Goren, … Continue reading →

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Bruno, LA’s Watchdog: Antonio’s Incredible Job Opportunity, Apply Now!

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

Like every bum who has every been homeless, Bruno’s got friends in low places. You know hiding in the bushes, under freeway overpasses, dark corners of parks — friends who keep their eyes and ears on alert for scraps of … Continue reading →

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City Hall’s Failure: Hard Data on How Little They Have Done to Fix the Budget Deficit

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

So nearly three years into the financial crisis, it’s fair to ask what have the mayor and City Council done to solve the problem caused by wages and benefits, including pensions and lifetime health care, that account for more than … 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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Antonio Takes a Stand — Vetoes Council DWP Power Grab

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

Antonio Villaraigosa, presumably after deep soul-searching, suddenly decided Tuesday afternoon to make a stand for good government — his LA Clean Sweep membership card is in the mail. The gift-taking absentee mayor got religion just hours after DWP Commission President … Continue reading →

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