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Punishing the Poor, Soaking the Middle Class, Enriching the Rich — The Poverty of Our Politics

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

The Wall Street Journal asks the question today, “Public Unions: Is California Next? Serious Californians, on the right and the left, know how much fiscal trouble they’re in.” Calling Wisconsin‘s public union fight “the battle of the century in American … Continue reading →

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Are We There Yet? Do City Hall’s Piecemeal Solutions Solve Anything?

Posted on March 25, 2011 by

Let’s start with the City Council taking up the heavily-subsidized Wilshire Grand Hotel project today as a matter of urgency on a special agenda with 24 hours notice and then look at yesterday’s “landmark” deal with six city unions. They … Continue reading →

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Voter Fraud, Part One: 11 Ballot Measures Ranging from Meaningless to Timeless

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

Richard Alarcon faces felony voter fraud and perjury charges for lying on his voter registration form about actually living in the district he represents. His 14 colleagues on the City Council ought to be indicted for putting 10 and probably … Continue reading →

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Voter Fraud, Part One: 11 Ballot Measures Ranging from Meaningless to Timeless

Posted on November 30, 2010 by

Richard Alarcon faces felony voter fraud and perjury charges for lying on his voter registration form about actually living in the district he represents. His 14 colleagues on the City Council ought to be indicted for putting 10 and probably … Continue reading →

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The Cloak of Reform: City Hall’s Last Refuge to Preserve a Corrupt and Failed System

Posted on November 15, 2010 by

If Samuel Johnson was right two centuries ago about “patriotism” being the “last refuge of a scoundrel,” then “reform” is the “last refuge of a corrupt political system” otherwise known as Los Angeles City Hall. With the deadline looming Wednesday … Continue reading →

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The Cloak of Reform: City Hall’s Last Refuge to Preserve a Corrupt and Failed System

Posted on November 15, 2010 by

If Samuel Johnson was right two centuries ago about “patriotism” being the “last refuge of a scoundrel,” then “reform” is the “last refuge of a corrupt political system” otherwise known as Los Angeles City Hall. With the deadline looming Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing Are Still Predators — City Council Set to Cloak Itself as Reformers

Posted on November 2, 2010 by

UPDATE:The City Council moved forward on various Rate Payer Advocate-Analyst-Public Administrator Charter reform proposals as well as changes in the DWP Commission and other changes on Tuesday, setting up a public committee to sort out the differences. Here’ what Richard … Continue reading →

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Read This and Weep: They Fiddled While You Got Burned Economically

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

At 8:30 a.m. today at its annual Access City Hall program in the City Council Chambers, the LA Chamber of Commerce will release a comprehensive “Jobs Report” on the state of the city’s economy with a district by district breakdown. … Continue reading →

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City Pension Crisis: Business-Civic Leaders Demand Total Reform

Posted on October 19, 2010 by

Suddenly — years after the runaway cost of public employee pensions became apparent to one and all — the mayor and City Council leadership have decided to do something about the havoc their policies have caused. On Monday, Mayor Antonio … Continue reading →

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City Union Leader’s View of What Went Wrong

Posted on January 26, 2010 by

By Charley MimsSEIU Local 347 Trustee, City Chief Construction Inspector, Griffith Park NC leader(Originally posted today in comments) There is so much misunderstanding and so much misleading and false information listed in the Blog article and in the mostly anonymous … Continue reading →

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