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Controller Candidate Brazeman Urges Gov. Brown to Veto AEG’s Environmental Law Exemption

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

SB 226 Will Worsen Traffic and Air Pollution Across California:                               Call the Governor’s Office to Urge a Veto While many were focused last week on bills in the legislature to exempt a finite number of development projects (including the proposed … Continue reading →

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Ronnie’s Rants: The Week in Review in Print and on the Radio

Posted on August 14, 2011 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s links to radio comments I made last week, mainly on AEG’s downtown stadium deal, on Warren Olney’s “Which Way LA?,” my regular Wednesday midnight chat with KRLA 870AM talk show host Kevin James and on the “Off the … Continue reading →

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LA Times Discovers: ‘We Are A Third World City’

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

Editor’s Note: No institution in Los Angeles bears more responsibility for the city we have become than the LA Times — escept for the political, business, labor and civic leadership which it has cultivated and supported for its own purposes. … Continue reading →

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Magic Johnson for Mayor: Let’s Stop Pretending

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

Calling the charade that passed for the City Council’s debate on AEG’s stadium deal a dog and pony show does a disservice to both canines and equines. Dogs and ponies would have howled and snorted if they found themselves part … Continue reading →

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A Litmus Test for City Hall: Showdown on AEG’s NFL Stadium Deal

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

LaCanada-Flintridge Democrat Anthony Portantino is being taught a lesson this week by his fellow Assembly Democrats — they are cutting off funding for his staff for daring to vote against their phony budget that already is running in the red. … Continue reading →

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Caretakers of a Greater Dream for LA

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

If we haven’t already reached the point of no return, we will with approval today of the skyscraper billboard passing as the new Wilshire Grand luxury hotel and the soon to be approved mega-billboard passing as an NFL stadium/Convention Center. … Continue reading →

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Antonio’s Astonishing Video Promoting AEG’s NFL Stadium

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

Posted on Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s website in the last hour, this astonishing promotional video for AEG’s unexamined, ill-defined plan for a downtown NFL stadium and takeover of the LA Convention Center. The mayor — who has appointed his deputy Austin … Continue reading →

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City of NFL Chumps on Championship Sunday

Posted on January 23, 2011 by

Credit City Maven Alice Walton with an enterprising report questioning AEG Tim Leiweke’s hard-sell on tearing down and rebuilding the LA Convention Center to do double duty as an NFL stadium without public money — except for $350 million borrowing … Continue reading →

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What a Town Without Pity Can Do — Build a Luxury Football Stadium But Close Parks and Libraries

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

Nearly two years in the making behind the scenes, a plans to tear down the old wing of the LA Convention Center and build an NFL stadium has suddenly gained enormous momentum. The goal is to give AEG’s Tim Leiweke … Continue reading →

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8th Wonder of the World: AEG’s NFL Stadium in L.A.– It’s Cheap, Gawdy and Free of Public Money

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

HKS’ STADIUM IN DOWNTOWN L.A. GENSLER’S STADIUM IN DOWNTOWN L.A. HTNB’S STADIUM IN DOWNTOWN L.A.Carefully orchestrating the selling of AEG’s plans for a downtown NFL stadium, Tim Leiweke stepped up his campaign to drip out details Wednesday by releasing renderings … Continue reading →

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