Tag Archives: public employee pensions

Public Pension Joke: Why Aren’t You Laughing?

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

Jerry Brown has rolled out his plan to address the public employee pension calamity with the full knowledge that it really doesn’t fix the problem and that the Democratic-Labor power structure he leads will never go along with it.   … Continue reading →

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The Pension Deals That Ate LA, California — Must It Get Worse Before It Gets Better

Posted on April 22, 2010 by

Back in 1999 at the height of the dot-com with the state treasury overflowing with money, Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa joined in a bipartisan move to share the wealth of California. The beneficiaries were public employees and the vehicle for … Continue reading →

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Elliott Broidy and the Six Degrees of Corruption

Posted on December 5, 2009 by

Elliott Broidy’s admission of guilt in the unfolding public employee pension fund scandal opens a window into the depth and nature of political corruption in Los Angeles, California and beyond. This isn’t any simple old-fashioned quid pro quo, pay-to-play, bribery … Continue reading →

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A World of Political Absurdity beneath the Smoke-filled Sky

Posted on September 1, 2009 by

It’s dizzying sometimes trying to tell the smoke from the smokescreen in the burned-out world of LA politics and politicians. The wildfire now raging out of control in the Angeles National Forest from La Canada to Acton, from Sunland-Tujunga to … Continue reading →

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