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“We Shall Not, We Shall Not Be Moved”

Posted on February 23, 2010 by

What’s going on in LA is a calamity of historica proportions — not the kind that causes catastrophic destruction like the day the levees broke in New Orleans. But the kind that just as surely damages a city physically and … Continue reading →

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Wendy Watch: Is the New City Controller Right in Calling the Budget “Fiscally Responsible”

Posted on May 21, 2009 by

Many commentators have called the city budget approved this week a work of fiction based on false revenue and cost assumptions, and warned it will lead to drastic cuts in city services and could force LA into bankruptcy within a … Continue reading →

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Grappling with the City Budget Crisis: More Money for City Hall or More Power to the People?

Posted on April 30, 2009 by

Editor’s Note: The following two columns I wrote were published this week in local community newspapers. The first one in Wayne Adelstein’s North Valley Community News and the second one in Nina Royal’s North Valley Reporter.Remembrance of a Valley Past … Continue reading →

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